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When there is no physical barrier, a new species arises within the home range on an existing species.

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What is the difference between allopatric and sympatric speciation?

Allopatric speciation occurs when a population is geographically isolated, leading to the development of new species due to evolutionary pressures in different environments. In contrast, sympatric speciation happens when new species arise within the same geographic area, often due to factors like behavioral changes, polyploidy in plants, or niche differentiation. While allopatric speciation relies on physical barriers, sympatric speciation can occur without such barriers, emphasizing reproductive isolation mechanisms.


Sympatric speciation specifically excludes?

Geographic isolation as a mechanism for reproductive isolation. In sympatric speciation, new species arise within the same geographic area without physical barriers separating populations. This process typically involves ecological, behavioral, or genetic factors leading to reproductive isolation within a single population.


How is sympatric similar to allopatric speciation?

They both are mechanisms by which new species arise grad point


What species concept should be used in the apple maggot fly case?

In the case of the apple maggot flies, it is an example of sympatric speciation. Two different populations occur in different niches where there is no gene flow between the two.


What best describes speciation?

Speciation is the evolutionary process through which new biological species arise. It typically occurs when populations of a species become isolated, leading to genetic divergence due to factors such as natural selection, mutation, or genetic drift. Over time, these changes accumulate, resulting in reproductive barriers that prevent interbreeding between the populations, ultimately leading to the formation of distinct species. This process can happen through mechanisms such as allopatric, peripatric, parapatric, or sympatric speciation.

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Types of Speciation?

sympatric , allopatric and parapatric speciation


Compare and contrast allopatric and sympatric speication?

Allopatric and sympatric speciation are both methods by which new species arise. However, allopatric speciation is when species interbreed. Sympatric speciation is when several new species arise from a common ancestor.


How is sympatric speciation similar allopatric speciation?

They both are mechanisms by which new species arise


Speciation without geographic isolation is called what?

Sympatric Speciation develops within the range of the parent population. This type of speciation does not include geographical isolation, and can occur rapidly if a genetic change results in a barrier between the mutants and the parent population.


What type of speciation occurs when a plant population becomes reproductively isolated while with its parent population?

Sympatric Speciation


What is the evolution of numerous species from a single ancestor called?

Sympatric Speciation


Speciation that begins as members of a population occupy different ecological zones within the same geographical area is?

Sympatric speciation refers to the formation of two or more descendant species from a single ancestral species all occupying the same geographic location. Often cited examples of sympatric speciation are found in insects that become dependent on different host plants in the same area.


What type of speciation occurs when a plant population becomes reproductively isolated while living with it's parents?

Sympatric Speciation


What type of speciation occurs when a plant population becomes reproductive isolated while living with its parent population?

Sympatric Speciation


The speciation of cichlids of the same african crater lake is an example of?

sympatric speciaton


What is thought to be the two factors demonstrating sympatric speciation in the cichlids of Lake Victoria in East Africa?

-rapid speciation -sexual selection


If a population speciates in the absence of a physical barrier it is known as?

sympatric speciation. This occurs when two subpopulations of a species evolve into distinct species without geographical isolation, often due to factors such as disruptive selection or polyploidy.