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It doesn't per se. Speciation occurs usually when two gene pools are isolated long enough by geography or by separate selective pressures that one group becomes able to reproduce with the other with difficulty, and eventually not at all. Horses can mate with zebras and a few other animals for instance, but produce sterile offspring.

Speciation has been observed in nature many times, and forced to occur in the laboratory. Google "instances of speciation" for examples.

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