Speciation
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- Some Wolves have an easier time surviving in the habitat than others and adapt to the environment more easily. Those wolves mate with others who also have an easier time surviving in the specific lake environment.
- There is a population of wolves living in the mountains by and an a lake
- The offspring of the wolves inherit traits from the parents such as thicker fur and longer tails which help them in the habitat that they live in
- There is a flood that separates the wolves. Some stay up in the mountains while others stay in the lower parts by the water
- Some Wolves have thicker fur and longer tails than others that make them more suitable for their habitat by the lake
- Geographic Isolation is where 2 populations of the same species where are separated by a geographical barrier
- When the wolves meet again, they are a completely different species as the ones by the lake. They have thicker fur and longer tails whereas the ones by the mountain have different traits that are suited for the mountain. The two species do not mate and produce viable offspring.
- Variation is the differences in traits and physical features in a population
- Selection is where some organisms have traits that give higher chances of survival and reproduction
- Inheritance the process of when a fit organism that survives reproduces and passes down traits which their offspring will inherit
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- Time and geographic isolation are important factors in the formation of a new species. A new species is defined as a group of organisms that can reproduce with each other and produce viable offspring.
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