Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9781260542202
Author: Marielle Hoefnagels
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Chapter 14.2, Problem 1MC
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The reason how reproductive barriers lead to speciation.

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Speciation is the evolutionary process by which population evolve to become distinct species. In this, splitting of lineages takes place by the reproductive barrier. Reproductive isolation is the collection of evolutionary mechanisms, behaviors and physiological process which plays important roles in speciation.

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