After a group becomes separated from the main population, they may form a new species through a process called speciation. Over time, genetic mutations and natural selection can lead to differences in traits and behaviors that eventually result in the group evolving into a distinct species that is reproductively isolated from the original population.
Speciation
Cross-breeding occurs within the species.
they evolve to fill new niches
The general term for the process by which new species form is "speciation." Speciation occurs when populations of a species become isolated and diverge through various mechanisms, leading to genetic and phenotypic differences that eventually result in the formation of distinct species.
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Geographic isolation is a way in which a new species can form. Isolation over a long enough period of time can result in a species evolving to have different traits.
mixture of enantiomers can be separated by HPLC
According to the biological species concept, when the new species no longer can interbreed with the ancestral species, or with the population that it has been geographically isolated from long enough to have allele change significantly enough to prevent interbreeding.
the genes form together
New species that form right after a mass extinction
a new species might form when a group of individuals remains sparated from the rest of its species long enough to accumulate different traits