BIO9D

Question 1

Species: a

Answer 1

group of indiv who are able to breed with each other and produce viable and fertile offspring

Question 2

Allopatric speciation:

Answer 2

geographic separation of a population from a parent population resulting in the formation of a new species

Question 3

Sympatric speciation:

Answer 3

divergence of a species from an original species without the presence of a geographical barrier

Question 4

Ecological niche:

Answer 4

specific environmental conditions and resources or selection pressures within a particular environment.

Question 5

Polyploidy:

Answer 5

organism contains additional sets of chromosomes in its genome

Question 6

Speciation

Answer 6

Consequence of diff evolutionary processes (mutations, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow) influence the frequency of alleles, leading to changes in the genetic composition and genetic diversity of a population.