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After many changes evolve in a group of animals, individuals of that group can no longer mate with the rest of the species that remain unchanged. That is the definition of species: individuals that are able to breed among themselves but are not able to breed with other species.

When a group of individuals is separated from the rest of their species for a long time, the individuals can evolve different traits. The longer the group is isolated from the rest of the species, the more likely it will evolve into a new species. One example of this has been seen in fish species in the lakes of Switzerland, Great Britain, and Scandinavia. Almost every lake has different forms, believed to have evolved from one species.

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What can result from long term isolation?

Long term isolation can cause new species to form if the isolation has been over a very long time.


The formation of a new species can result from what?

The formation of a new species can result from various mechanisms, including natural selection, genetic drift, and isolation that lead to reproductive barriers between populations, preventing interbreeding. Over time, these factors can accumulate genetic differences and eventually result in distinct species.


What are the 3 stages in formation of a new species?

The three stages in the formation of a new species are isolation, divergence, and reproductive isolation. Isolation occurs when a population is separated into two groups, leading to genetic differences. Divergence happens as each group adapts to its environment, resulting in further genetic changes. Finally, reproductive isolation develops when the two groups can no longer interbreed successfully.


How do new specie arise?

New species arise through a process called speciation, which can occur in several ways. This can happen through geographic isolation, where populations become separated and evolve independently, leading to genetic differences that eventually result in new species. It can also occur through genetic mutations, natural selection, and reproductive isolation, where individuals from different populations can no longer interbreed successfully.


Why can isolation cause differences in species and possibly to a new species?

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How might the isolation of a group result in a new species?

a new species might form when a group of individuals remains sparated from the rest of its species long enough to accumulate different traits


What can result from long term isolation?

Long term isolation can cause new species to form if the isolation has been over a very long time.


What is one way species form?

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.


What is the biological term when new species form as a result of geogical isolation?

Alopatric speciation.


The formation of new species Can result from what?

Mutation, isolation and natural selection. Google allopatric speciation.


What are three ways isolation occur?

1. When new species form.2. When a group is separated from the rest of its species.3. When members of the isolated group can no longer mate with the rest of species.


The formation of a new species can result from what?

The formation of a new species can result from various mechanisms, including natural selection, genetic drift, and isolation that lead to reproductive barriers between populations, preventing interbreeding. Over time, these factors can accumulate genetic differences and eventually result in distinct species.


The formation of a new species can result from?

The formation of a new species can result from processes such as geographic isolation, genetic mutations leading to reproductive isolation, and natural selection favoring different traits in separate populations. Over time, these factors can drive genetic divergence between populations to the point where they are no longer able to interbreed successfully, leading to the development of a new species.


What type of speciation occurs when new species arise as a result of geographic isolation?

When a certain species is divided up into two or more separate populations (geographically, for example) they continue to evolve (via natural selection) and over time the two (or more) populations will be so different from each other that they will not be able to reproduce, and will fit the criteria of different species.


What are the 3 stages in formation of a new species?

The three stages in the formation of a new species are isolation, divergence, and reproductive isolation. Isolation occurs when a population is separated into two groups, leading to genetic differences. Divergence happens as each group adapts to its environment, resulting in further genetic changes. Finally, reproductive isolation develops when the two groups can no longer interbreed successfully.


How do isolation and natural selection result in new species?

Isolation prevents mating between the populations and in time different mutations will accumulate in each population so much that they will no longer be able to mate. The inability to interbreed is one of the definitions of different species.


How can the isolation lead to the formation of new species?

Once a group becomes isolated, members of the isolated group mutate to adapt to their new environment. For birds, this may mean new colors, food preferences and so on, which make it entirely different from the original. Once a group becomes isolated, members of the isolated group can no longer mate with the rest of the species.