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Isolation of Populations

Isolation of Populations. Factors such as selection and chance events can change the relative frequencies of alleles in a population. But do these changes lead to the formation of new species, or speciation ?

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Isolation of Populations

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  1. Isolation of Populations • Factors such as selection and chance events can change the relative frequencies of alleles in a population. • But do these changes lead to the formation of new species, or speciation? • Species - Group of organisms that breed with one another and produce fertile offspring

  2. Reproductive Isolation • The gene pools of two populations must become separated for them to become new species. • Reproductive Isolation - When the members of two populations cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

  3. How do populations become isolated from one another? • Behavioral Isolation • Geographic Isolation • Temporal Isolation

  4. Behavioral Isolation • Behavioral Isolation - Two populations are capable of interbreeding but have differences in courtship rituals or other reproductive strategies that involve behavior. • Example: Eastern and Western Meadowlarks • Members of the two species will not mate with each other partly because they use different songs to attract mates. • Eastern meadowlarks will not respond to western meadowlark songs, and vice versa.

  5. Geographic Isolation • With geographic isolation, two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or bodies of water. • Example: The Abert squirrel • There are 2 populations separated by the Colorado River • Two separate gene pools exist. • Over time, a new phenotype developed in one of the locations, the Kaibab Squirrel Abert Squirrel Kaibab Squirrel

  6. Temporal Isolation • Temporal Isolation– Two populations reproduce at different times. • Example: • 3 similar types of orchid all live in the same rain forest. • Each type releases pollen only on a single day. • Because the three species release pollen on different days, they do not pollinate one another.

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