origination
origination The first appearance of a new species. Comparing the rate at which new species appear (origination rate) with the rate at which species go extinct (extinction rate) within an ecosystem reveals whether the system was stable (origination = extinction), diversifying (origination > extinction), or losing species (origination < extinction).
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