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| Reproductive isolation: Postzygotic. |
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| Mules are infertile. Hybrid of a horse and mule does not develop into a fertile adult. |
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| Reproductive isolation: Temporal. |
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| Species of plants and flowers which reproduce in different seasons. Fowlers toad and American toad reproduce one in early summer and one in late summer. |
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| Reproductive isolation: Mechanical. |
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| Anatomical structure prevents mating. Various species of insects have very different male sexual organs. |
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| Remproductive isolation: Prevention of gamete fusion. |
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| Gametes of one species functino poorly when fertilized with gametes of another. e.g. monkeys and humans. |
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| Reproductive isolation: Behavioural. |
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| Lacewing insects produce different sounds for mating. Birds of paradize have different mating songs and dances. Blue-footed boobies have different mating rituals. |
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| Reproductive isolation: ecological. |
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| Tigers live in Jungle, Lions live in the Savannah. |
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| Reproductive isolation: Geographic. |
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| European maple trees are geographically isolated from American maple trees. |
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| Hawaiin drosophila. Darwin's finches. Cichlid fishes in Lake Victoria. |
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Scarlet kingsnake milksnake subspecies looks like a coral snake.
Peppered moths. |
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| Peppered moths. Fruit fly lab experiments. Comparative anatomy. Molecular (DNA) evidence. Fossil record. Natural selection examples. Artificial selection. |
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| Characteristics of bacteria. |
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| Small. Most abundant, oldest. Perform most of earth's photosynthesis. Responsible for many diseases. Highly diverse. |
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| Characteristics of Archea |
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| Extremophiles. Very small. Ancient. |
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