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Speciation, the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution. Speciation involves the splitting of a single evolutionary lineage into two or more genetically independent lineages.
any characteristic of organisms that is derived from a common ancestor divergent evolution accumulation of differences b/w groups which can lead to formation of new species - leads to speciation