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the process by which
daughter species evolve from a parent
species |
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Definition
one or more populations of
individuals that can interbreed and produce
offspring |
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Term
| Prezygotic reproductive barriers |
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Definition
| impede mating or hinder fertilization if mating does occur |
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Term
| Postzygotic reproductive barriers |
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Definition
| a reproductive barrier that prevents the hybrid produced from forming into viable, fertile adults |
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Definition
population forms a new
species while geographically
isolated from its parent
population. |
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Term
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Definition
A small
population becomes a new species
without geographic separation. |
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Definition
| period of evolutionary change in which groups of organisms form new species whose adaptations allow them to fill vacant ecological roles in the community |
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Definition
| an organism that has more than 2 chromosome sets from the same species |
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Term
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Definition
| an individual that has more than 2 sets of chromosomes from different species |
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