Speciation Flashcards
Pre-zygotic
Prevents continuation of species before the zygote is made
2 isolation mechanisms
Pre-zygotic
Post-zygotic
Post-zygotic
Prevents continuation of species after zygote is made
5 types of isolation of populations
Behavioral Geographic Temporal Mechanical/gametic Hybrid infertility or inviability
Behavioral isolation
Organisms won’t mate if they aren’t attracted to another (pre-zygotic)
Geographic isolation
Physical barriers divide a population (pre-zygotic)
Temporal isolation
Species breed at different times, day or night, different seasons (pre-zygotic)
Mechanical isolation
Members of different populations cannot mate successfully, not compatible (pre-zygotic)
Gametic isolation
Sperm and egg cannot form a zygote (pre-zygotic)
Hybrid infertility
Fertilization occurs but offspring are not able to have offspring (post-zygotic)
Hybrid inviability
Fertilization occurs but offspring aren’t able to survive (post-zygotic)
Requirements for extinction
Organisms don’t have to be perfect only ones that are the best for survival
_____% of species that once lived are extinct
99
A typical lifetime is ______ years for a species
1 million
2 types of extinction
Background
Mass