Question

What is meant by the term speciation? List four factors which could lead to speciation. 3(Delhi - 2012)

Answer 1

Answer:

❣❣SPECIATION -❣❣

Speciation, the formation of new and distinctspecies in the course of evolution. Speciationinvolves the splitting of a single evolutionary lineage into two or more genetically independent lineages.

❣Factors that lead to speciation:❣

• Geographical isolation.
• Genetic drift.
• Natural selection.
• Reduction in Gene flow.
• Reproductive isolation.

Answer 2

The process of development of a new species by evolution or by any genetic modification of the existing species in a population is called as speciation. Factors that lead to speciation include genetic drift, natural selection, geographical isolation, mutation...

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