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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.
A term that refers to the chemical form(s) and properties of a radionuclide under a particular set of environmental conditions (pH, eH, ligands present, etc.). Speciation study is valuable because the environmental behavior of a nuclide is largely determined by its chemical form.