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It limits the playing field. There is a set number of species that are competing with each other for the available resources. So, instead of having to compete will all the other members of your own species as well as will the members from say 1000 other species, you only have to compete with your own species and say 100 other ones. This essentially means you can get lazy. So, we see that with less evolutionary pressure, isolated island populations evolve less rapidly and see more "primitive" when compared to similar mainland populations. Incidentally, this is why when you bring outside species in they are able to dominate so rapidly. Like the pigs in Hawaii or the rabbits in Australia. It is like taking a major league team and entering them in little league playoffs. Environmental factors can also contribute. Say if there is a who flock of birds and they spilt onto two different islands with different living conditions. They are going to have to learn to survive and eventually adapt. After a billion years when you compare the two different islands' populations, they are going to be a lot different. This is what Darwin saw in the Galapagos islands.
Vincent Hilpert
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∙ 15y agoIt limits the playing field. There is a set number of species that are competing with each other for the available resources. So, instead of having to compete will all the other members of your own species as well as will the members from say 1000 other species, you only have to compete with your own species and say 100 other ones. This essentially means you can get lazy. So, we see that with less evolutionary pressure, isolated island populations evolve less rapidly and see more "primitive" when compared to similar mainland populations. Incidentally, this is why when you bring outside species in they are able to dominate so rapidly. Like the pigs in Hawaii or the rabbits in Australia. It is like taking a major league team and entering them in little league playoffs. Environmental factors can also contribute. Say if there is a who flock of birds and they spilt onto two different islands with different living conditions. They are going to have to learn to survive and eventually adapt. After a billion years when you compare the two different islands' populations, they are going to be a lot different. This is what Darwin saw in the Galapagos islands.
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What is the type of evolution by which organisms evolve differences when they are isolated in different environments?
Allopatric speciation.Allopactric speciation. Geographic isolation. Adaptive radiation can also result from geographic isolation.
How do mutations natural selection geographic isolation genetic drift and migration contribute to biological evolution?
they contribute to biological evolution by how they've affected the evolution rate by increasing it or decreasing it
How do you use geographic isolation in a sentence?
The geographic isolation of the island led to the development of unique species found nowhere else in the world.
What does geographic isolation lead to?
Reproductive isolation
The geographic isolation of a people frequently reinforcesThe geographic isolation of a people frequently reinforces?
cultural traditions and practices, and can lead to the development of unique languages and belief systems within that population. Additionally, isolation may also contribute to genetic diversity or specific adaptations that help the group survive in their environment.
What is type of isolation that prevents easterns and western meadowlarks from interbreeding?
Geographic isolation.
The concept that evolution is the result of long periods of stability interrupted by geologically brief periods of significant change is known as?
The answer from Castle Learning is Punctuated Equilibrium.
Does geographic isolation contribute to evolution-?
A geographic barrier eg mountain range, river, ocean, desert, can split a species into two populations which can no longer mix with each other. By splitting up a species into two separate populations a geographic barrier can lead to the formation of a new species. The two separate populations start to develop in isolation from each other. Different mutations will occur in the two populations and natural selection will adapt them to the slightly different conditions in the two areas. Given enough time the two populations will become so different that if they are brought together again they will no longer be able to interbreed ie they will have become two different species. This is called allopatric speciation.
What type of isolation that prevents eastern and western meadowlarks from interbreeding?
Geographic isolation.
Type of isolation that led to the evolution of the kaibab squirrel?
Geograpic isolation
Allopatric speciation requires?
geographic isolation.
What is geographic isolation and what can it lead to?
development of trade
