sym·pat·ric

(sĭm-păt′rĭk)

adj.

1. Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.

2. Occurring among populations having such a distribution: sympatric speciation.

[syn- + Greek patrā, fatherland (from patēr, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots) + -ic.]

sym·pat′ri·cal·ly adv.

sym′pat·ry (sĭm′păt′rē, -pə-trē) n.

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sympatry

(sɪmˈpætrɪ)

(Biology) the occurrence of sympatric organisms

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Noun

sympatry - the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding

occurrence - an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

allopatry - the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap

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Second, the Miocene peripheral isolation of Oregonichthys from its sister taxa, Rhinichtyhys and Tinroga, and the current sympatry of Oregonichthys and Rhinichthys in the Umpqua River, suggest secondary contact.

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The two species probably arose in sympatry (Rican et al., 2016; Perez-Miranda et al., 2018) as a product of an assumed niche segregation in a lacustrine setting as has been documented in the genus Amphilophus in the crater lakes of Nicaragua (Barluenga et al., 2006).

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Carnivores have been reported likely to adopt temporal, spatial, and spatiotemporal segregation as alternative mechanisms to facilitate sympatry by selecting the same habitat patches (Lovari et al.

Density and spatial partitioning of endangered sympatric Javan leopard (Felidae) and dholes (Canidae) in a tropical forest landscape

trewicki in a large area of sympatry in Hawke's Bay.

Viability and fertility of hybrid New Zealand tree weta Hemideina spp. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

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This sympatry was also observed in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan.

First Record of Aedes (Stegomyia) malayensis Colless (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Based on Morphological Diagnosis and Molecular Analysis

Divergent environmental preferences and areas of sympatry of tick species in the Amblyomma cajennense complex (Ixodidae).

Un caso de ginandromorfismo en Amblyomma mixtum (Acari, Ixodidae)

Interspecific exchange of avian influenza virus genes in Alaska: the influence of trans-hemispheric migratory tendency and breeding ground sympatry. Mol Ecol.

Reassortment of influenza a viruses in wild birds in Alaska before H5 Clade 2.3.4.4 outbreaks

Local hibridization in subtropical mountain habitats: can cedrela (meliaceae) maintain species' identity in sympatry?

Hibridacion local en habitats de montana subtropicales: ?Cedrela (Meliaceae) puede mantener la identidad de las especies en simpatria?

Sympatry of polygyne and monogyne colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Evidence of selective mating and triploidy among two social forms of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)