definition of parapatric​

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1. Occupying geographic areas that are partially overlapping or have a partial barrier between them. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species. 2. Occurring among populations having such a distribution: parapatric speciation.

'Parapatric' derives from 'para' meaning 'near' and 'patria' meaning 'country. ' Parapatric speciation thus occurs when a smaller population is isolated, usually at the periphery of a larger group, and becomes differentiated to the point of becoming a new species.