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microendemism

microendemism noun: the condition of being microendemic.

Noun

microendemism (usually uncountable, plural microendemisms)

  1. (usually) The condition of being microendemic
    • Instead, geographic barriers to gene flow leading to microendemism in the region may be generating a unique pattern among haplotypes, as discussed below.2016 January 23, “Phylogeography in Response to Reproductive Strategies and Ecogeographic Isolation in Ant Species on Madagascar: Genus Mystrium (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microendemism

pluralmicroendemisms

Origin of microendemism

From micro- + endemism.

Questions about microendemism

What does microendemism mean?
Microendemism means the condition of being microendemic.
What part of speech is microendemism?
Microendemism is a noun.
What is the plural of microendemism?
The plural of microendemism is microendemisms.

Words near microendemism in the dictionary

  1. microencephalous
  2. microencephaly
  3. microendemic
  4. microendemicity
  5. microendemics
  6. microendemism
  7. microendemisms
  8. microendolith
  9. microendolithic
  10. microendoliths
  11. microendoscope

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