TABLE 26.1 Types of reproductive isolating mechanisms Type Prezygotic Characteristics Acts before a zygote has formed Ecological Differences in habitat; individuals do not meet Temporal Reproduction takes place at different times Mechanical Anatomical differences prevent copulation Behavioral Differences in mating behavior prevent mating Gametic Gametes are incompatible or not attracted to each other Postzygotic Acts after a zygote has formed Hybrid inviability Hybrid zygote does not survive to reproduction Hybrid sterility Hybrid is sterile Hybrid breakdown F1 hybrids are viable and fertile, but F2 are inviable or sterile

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Which of the isolating mechanisms listed in Table 26.1 have partly
evolved between apple and hawthorn host races of Rhagoletis
pomonella, the apple maggot fly?

TABLE 26.1 Types of reproductive isolating mechanisms
Type
Prezygotic
Characteristics
Acts before a zygote has formed
Ecological
Differences in habitat; individuals do not meet
Temporal
Reproduction takes place at different times
Mechanical
Anatomical differences prevent copulation
Behavioral
Differences in mating behavior prevent mating
Gametic
Gametes are incompatible or not attracted to each other
Postzygotic
Acts after a zygote has formed
Hybrid inviability
Hybrid zygote does not survive to reproduction
Hybrid sterility
Hybrid is sterile
Hybrid breakdown
F1 hybrids are viable and fertile, but F2 are inviable or sterile
Transcribed Image Text:TABLE 26.1 Types of reproductive isolating mechanisms Type Prezygotic Characteristics Acts before a zygote has formed Ecological Differences in habitat; individuals do not meet Temporal Reproduction takes place at different times Mechanical Anatomical differences prevent copulation Behavioral Differences in mating behavior prevent mating Gametic Gametes are incompatible or not attracted to each other Postzygotic Acts after a zygote has formed Hybrid inviability Hybrid zygote does not survive to reproduction Hybrid sterility Hybrid is sterile Hybrid breakdown F1 hybrids are viable and fertile, but F2 are inviable or sterile
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