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Chapter 30

Speciation and Diversity

What is a Species?
What is a Species?
Overview A species is a group of organisms that interbreed and produce fertile offspring. Typically, individuals of the same species appear similar and ...
Formation of Species
Formation of Species
Speciation describes the formation of one or more new species from one or sometimes multiple original species. The resulting species are discrete from the ...
Speciation Rates
Speciation Rates
Overview Speciation usually occurs over a long evolutionary time scale, during which the species may be isolated or continue to interact. If two emerging ...
Genetics of Speciation
Genetics of Speciation
Speciation is the evolutionary process resulting in the formation of new, distinct species—groups of reproductively isolated populations. The ...
Hybrid Zones
Hybrid Zones
Hybrid zones are narrow regions where two closely related species interact, mate, and produce hybrids. Relative to either parent species, hybrids may ...
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