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Then again, there are many instances of plants and some animal species, for example two lineages of oak look quite different, but occasionally form hybrids with each other; hooded crows and carrion crows, which largely mate within their own groups and look different but in some areas they hybridize..

Speciation - Is also referred as 'Origin of species'. All new species develop from pre existing ones. The formation of one or more new species from the pre existing species is called ' Speciation '. New species are developed mainly by isolation and variation. Isolation is the pr..

(geographic isolation) During allopatric speciation, a population splits into two geographically isolated allopatric populations. New speciation starts because populations are prevented from interbreeding. Scientists think that geographic isolation..

In peripatric speciation, new species are formed in isolated, small peripheral populations which are prevented from exchanging genes with the main population. For instance if a few members of a species, like fruit flies larvae in a bunch of rotting banana, get washed ..

Speciation (origin of new species) - A species is a group of similar organisms, which can breed among themselves producing fertile offsprings. The members of a species not only share a common gene pool, but also share a common ancestry. Origin of a new species from the existing one, is ca..

In sympatric speciation, species diverge while inhabiting the same place. The population is continuous, but nonetheless, the population does not mate randomly. Individuals are more likely to mate with their geographic neighbors than with individuals in a different par..

It refers to the variation of genes within a species. The genetic diversity enables a population to adapt to its environment and to respond to natural selection. The amount of genetic variation is the basis of speciation. Genetic diversity within a species often increases ..

It is the isolation in space of the two populations of the same species, due to geographical barriers such as the sea, deserts, mountains and rivers, for land plants and animals. Geographical isolation plays an important role in 'allopatric speciation'. Allopatric species are t..

>Mutations: recombinations, genetic drift, natural selection and migration are the main sources of variation. Origin of a new species from the existing one is called as speciation. Speciation can be multiplicative involving splitting of one species into two or more or phyletic involv..

>Sex is determined by various factors and in humans on the type of chromosomal fusion Microevolution is evolution on a small scale within a species or single population. It can be due to mutation, migration, genetic drift and natural selection Speciation is the evolutionary proc..