Speciation

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Speciation

• Species- Individuals capable of successful
  interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
• Speciation process by which new species come
  into being
• Genetic divergence of reproductively isolated
  populations

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Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms

• Prezygotic Isolation
• Ecological
• Temporal
• Behavioral
• Gametic Mortality
• Postzygotic Isolation
• Zygotic Mortality
• Hybrid Inviability
• Hybrid Infertility

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Patterns of Speciation
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Linnaean Classification

• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Cordata
• Class Mammalia
• Order Primates
• Family Hominidae
• Genus Homo
• Species Homo sapiens