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Mechanisms/Taxonomy
Make-up Quiz 2
Term | Definition |
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Species | Groups of actually or potentially interbreeding populations, which are reproductively isolated from other such groups. |
Geographical Isolation | Occurs when a physical barrier such as a body of water or a mountain range separates members of a population. |
Behavioral Isolation | Occurs when members of a species developed different behaviors that interfere with their ability to interbreed. |
Temporal Isolation | When species breed at different times of the year or different time spans. |
Reproductive Isolation | Occurs when members of a population no longer interbreed. |
Endosymbiotic Theory. | The term means to "cooperate inside", two small cells (mitochondria and chloroplast) were engulfed by a much larger cell, which became beneficial to the cells. |
Genus and species | In the Linnaean system of naming, a single species is identified by a binomial, which consists of the following two parts: |