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Bio: Chapter 24

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Speciation   The process by which one species splits into two or more species.  
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Macroevolution   The broad pattern of evolution over long spans of time.  
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Species   A group of populations whose members have the potential to interbreed in nature and produce viable, fertile offspring.  
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Reproductive Isolation   The existence of biological factors (barriers) that impede members of two species from producing viable, fertile offspring.  
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Hybrids   Offspring that result from an interspecific mating.  
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Prezygotic Barriers   Block fertilization from occurring .  
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Postzygotic Barriers   May contribute to reproductive isolation after the hybrid zygote is formed.  
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Morphological Species Concept   Characterizes a species by body shape and other structural features.  
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Ecological Species Concept   Views a species in terms of nits ecological niche, the sum of how members of the species interact with the nonliving and living parts of their environment.  
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Phylogenetic Species Concept   Defines a species as the smallest group of individuals that share a common ancestor, forming one branch on the tree of life.  
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Allopatric Speciation   Gene flow is interrupted when a population is divided into geographically isolated subpopulations.  
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Polyploidy   When a species originates from an accident during cell division that results in extra sets of chromosomes.  
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Autopolyploid   An individual that has more than two chromosome sets that are all derived from a single species.  
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Allopolyploid   A sterile hybrid that is changed into a fertile polyploid by various mechanisms.  
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Hybrid Zone   A region in which members of different species meet and mate, producing at least some offspring of mixed ancestry.  
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Reinforcement   A process in which natural selection strengthens pre zygotic barriers to reproduction, thus reducing the chances of hybrid formation. Such a process is likely to occur only if hybrid offspring are less fit than members of the parent species.  
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Punctuated Equilibria   In the fossil record, long periods of apparent stasis, in which a species undergoes little or no morphological change, interrupted by relatively brief periods of sudden change.  
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Punctuated Pattern   In a punctuated pattern, new species change most as they branch from a parent species and then change little for the rest of their existence.  
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