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| the inability of members of a population to successfully interbreed with members of another population of the same or a related species |
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| the formation of new species as a result of evolution |
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| form of reproductive isolation in which two populations have differences in courtship rituals or other types of behavior that prevent them from interbreeding. |
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| the physical separation of populations due to geographic barriers that prevent interbreeding |
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| genetic isolation achieved due to temporal differences in breeding |
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| the process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment |
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| the process by which two or more related but reproductively isolated populations become more and more dissimilar |
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| the evolution of two or more species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more mutually beneficial |
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| the death of every member of a species |
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| a model of evolution in which short periods of drastic change in species, including mass extinctions and rapid speciation, are separated by long periods of little or no change |
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| an evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species |
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