Speciation Flashcards

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Pre-zygotic

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Prevents continuation of species before the zygote is made

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2 isolation mechanisms

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Pre-zygotic

Post-zygotic

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Post-zygotic

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Prevents continuation of species after zygote is made

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5 types of isolation of populations

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Behavioral
Geographic
Temporal
Mechanical/gametic
Hybrid infertility or inviability
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Behavioral isolation

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Organisms won’t mate if they aren’t attracted to another (pre-zygotic)

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Geographic isolation

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Physical barriers divide a population (pre-zygotic)

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Temporal isolation

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Species breed at different times, day or night, different seasons (pre-zygotic)

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Mechanical isolation

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Members of different populations cannot mate successfully, not compatible (pre-zygotic)

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Gametic isolation

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Sperm and egg cannot form a zygote (pre-zygotic)

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Hybrid infertility

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Fertilization occurs but offspring are not able to have offspring (post-zygotic)

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Hybrid inviability

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Fertilization occurs but offspring aren’t able to survive (post-zygotic)

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Requirements for extinction

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Organisms don’t have to be perfect only ones that are the best for survival

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_____% of species that once lived are extinct

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99

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A typical lifetime is ______ years for a species

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1 million

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2 types of extinction

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Background

Mass

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Background extinction

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Occurs continuously at a very low rate, happens to a few species in a small area, caused by local changes in an environment

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Mass extinction

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Destroys many specie at a global level, caused by catastrophic events

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There’s has been at least ____ mass extinctions in the last ______ years

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5 ; 600 million