BRAINCAKESympatric Speciation
Sympatric speciation occurs more commonly in plants than animals and occurs less than allopatric speciation. The different species occupy the same habitat but have evolved to fill different niches or have become reproductively isolated in some way.
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Key terms in this lesson
- speciation
- The evolution of a new species from an existing one, usually as a result of reproductive isolation between populations.
- allopatric speciation
- Speciation that occurs when populations become geographically separated and evolve independently until they can no longer interbreed.
More in Genetics and Variation
- Epistasis
- The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
- Changes in Allele Frequencies
- Population Bottlenecks and The Founder Effect
- Types of Selection
- Species
- Allopatric Speciation
- Artificial Selection
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