Talk:Peripatric speciation

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Why is it peripatric speciation, but parapatry? I understand that eri and ara might be pronounced the same in American English (as in merry and marry being homophones), so is one just a spelling mistake for the other? or are the distinct for a reason? Felix the Cassowary 08:42, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Peripatric speciation and Parapatric speciation, despite the similar names, actually refer to quite distinct processes. Parapatric speciation = speciation that occurs when there is some gene flow between the two speciating populations (neither complete isolation (allopatry) nor complete overlap (sympatry). Peripatric speciation is a subset of allopatric speciation where the two speciating populations have very different sizes, but are still completely isolated.  Peripatric speciation is usually used to refer to the situation where isolated, peripheral populations rapidly speciate, and is thus often linked with ideas about punctuated equilibrium.  If someone could revert the Peripatric and Parapatric pages to their pre-merge status, I'll happily flesh them both out a bit. --Tsackton 17:08, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'm new here...just figured out how to revert pages. I reverted this page and the parapatric redirect page to their old versions (pre-merge), and fleshed out the definitions a bit. --Tsackton 15:59, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I understand this page is not necessary since it can be merged with the speciation page.

Bear example and image
In reviewing the literature concerning the example of the bears (and its corresponding image and caption), I was unable to find a conclusion (by the author of the cited study) that suggested this to be an example of peripatric speciation. The article in question does discuss speciation, and is by far a great example of such; however, I believe that the person who originally added that example may have synthesized his or her own conclusion. In addition, none of the major literature on speciation cites this study as an example of peripatric speciation.

I propose a removal of this content. I don't want to delete it without a consensus, as the information is useful and could be applied elsewhere. In addition, I noticed the image is used on several other language wikis of the same article. This is a problem as the information is incorrect.

Thoughts? Andrew. Z. Colvin  •  Talk  09:25, 12 December 2016 (UTC)