Sympatricとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From sympatry +‎ -ic.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /sɪmˈpætɹɪk/

形容詞

sympatric (comparative more sympatric, superlative most sympatric)

1. (biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.

   Synonym: compatric

   • 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix, published 2005, page 349:

     There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.

上位語

• (living in same territory without interbreeding): speciation

等位語

• allopatric
• peripatric
• parapatric