Speciation and Isolation
Speciation is the formation of a new species due to a population becoming isolated.
What can cause a population to become geographically isolated?
What is Speciation and Isolation?
"Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species."
What is evolution?
A mutation changes the order of bases in a gene. What may happen next?
Cystic fibrosis is caused by which type of allele?
Choose the correct option to complete the statement. DNA is a polymer forming a ____
Making New Species
A population is separated by a physical barrier (e.g., a mountain or ocean).
Natural selection works differently in the two environments.
Over time, they become so different they can no longer interbreed (the definition of a species).
Alfred Russel Wallace worked with Darwin and provided early evidence for speciation.
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