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Introduction: Diversity is defined as the number of species or genera in many evolutionary studies. Analysis of changes in diversity can be done by studying paleontology and by the phylogenetic relationship among the species. Changes in speciation and diversification can be studied using a number of taxa (N). Speciation rate is represented as S while diversification rate is represented as D.

Explanation of Solution
The differences between the rate of speciation and diversification rate are mentioned as follows:
No. | Character | Rate of Speciation | Rate of Diversification |
1. | Definition | Speciation rate refers to the probability of one species “giving birth” to another species over a short period of time represented as dt. | Diversification rate is defined as the average increase or decrease in diversity per taxon. |
2. | Representation | Speciation rate is represented by S. | D is used to represent the rate of diversification. |
3. | Calculation | Rate of speciation can be calculated by dividing the change in the number of species per unit time. | Subtracting speciation rate from extinction rate gives the rate of diversification. |
To explain: The relationship between the rate of speciation, a number of species and the rate of diversification.
Introduction: Diversity is defined as the number of species or genera in many evolutionary studies. Speciation rate refers to the probability of one species “giving birth” to another species over a short period of time which is represented as dt. Diversification rate is defined as the average increase or decrease in diversity per taxon.

Explanation of Solution
Subtracting speciation rate from extinction rate gives a rate of diversification represented as D. Speciation rate would be greater than the extinction rate if the value of D is greater than 1. A decline in the number of species would be observed if the value of D is negative. There will be an exponential increase or decrease in the number of species if the value of D remains constant over a period of time.
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