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Chapter 30

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Chapter 30

Speciation and Diversity

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Overview A species is a group of organisms that interbreed and produce fertile offspring. Typically, individuals of the same species appear similar and …
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Speciation describes the formation of one or more new species from one or sometimes multiple original species. The resulting species are discrete from the …
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Overview Speciation usually occurs over a long evolutionary time scale, during which the species may be isolated or continue to interact. If two emerging …
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Speciation is the evolutionary process resulting in the formation of new, distinct species—groups of reproductively isolated populations. The …
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Hybrid zones are narrow regions where two closely related species interact, mate, and produce hybrids. Relative to either parent species, hybrids may …
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The Anopheles gambiae species complex includes the major malaria transmitting mosquitoes in Africa. Because these species are of such medical importance, …
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The biological uptake of plutonium (Pu) in aquatic ecosystems is of particular concern since it is an alpha-particle emitter with long half-life which can …