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No. Endosporulation is the process where bacteria encapsulates itself within an endospore - it's a form of protection against an extreme range environmental stressors. Sporulation on the other hand is the act of producing spores of the bacteria, and that IS a reproductive mechanism.

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What is endosporulation?

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Which reproductive isolating mechanism is mostly restricted to animals?

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Mechanism for when anatomical differences prevent mating?

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Why are bacterial spores not considered to be true reproductive bo?

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What bacterial infection that affects the reproductive organs of both males and females?

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Why is bacterial sporulation not a reproductive process?

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What reproductive mechanism does a haplontic animal grow?

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What is the structure of aminoglycosides and how does it contribute to their mechanism of action?

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What is a prezygotic mechanism?

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Which reproductive isolating mechanism is primarily restricted to animals?

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Is driven by?

Evolution, as defined by scientists today, is a undirected, purposeless mechanism. So, to answer your question, evolution is not driven by anything.In a sense, evolution is driven by reproductive variation and differential reproductive success. Reproductive variation providing random drift, and differential reproductive success providing a measure of "direction" to this drift.