postisolation

postisolation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English isolation
English postisolation

    From post- + isolation.

    Adjective

    postisolation (not comparable)

    1. Occurring after a period of isolation.
      • 2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science‎[1], volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789:
        In this case, the HABC results infer long-term persistence of populations in isolated refugia for all three species, even when allowing for postisolation migration.
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