What is the difference between sympatric and allopatric forms of speciation?

Sympatric speciation occurs between populations of an ancestral species that inhabit the same geographical area. Allopatric speciation occurs between populations of an ancestral species that become isolated from each other, inhabiting different geographical areas.

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