verb
- undergoing or causing the process by which new species are formed through evolution
Usage: biology; present participle of speciate
Examples
- The isolated populations are speciating due to different environmental pressures.
- Scientists observed the fruit flies speciating in the laboratory over many generations.
- Climate change may be speciating certain bird populations faster than expected.
- The research team studied how geographic barriers contribute to speciating processes.
- These fish have been speciating for thousands of years in separate lake systems.
- Genetic analysis revealed that the plants were actively speciating into distinct varieties.