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   May 15, 2022 · Second, he proposed a mechanism - natural selection - to explain how evolution takes place. Evolution involves two interrelated phenomena: adaptation and speciation. In adaptation, over the course of time, species modify their phenotypes in ways that permit them to succeed in their environment. In speciation, over the course of time, the number ...

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   Oct 25, 2024 · Evolution - Species, Speciation, Adaptation: Darwin sought to explain the splendid multiformity of the living world—thousands of organisms of the most diverse kinds, from lowly worms to spectacular birds of paradise, from yeasts and molds to oaks and orchids. His On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) is a sustained argument showing that the diversity of organisms and ...

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   Oct 25, 2024 · Speciation is the evolutionary process through which new, genetically distinct species arise from an existing species, often due to reproductive isolation and genetic differentiation between populations. This can occur via mechanisms such as allopatric or sympatric speciation. Factors Influencing Speciation

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   Oct 4, 2024 · 3. Peripatric Speciation. Also known as the founder effect, it happens when small groups break off from a larger group due to edge-selection pressure. It is similar to allopatric speciation, with the difference being in peripatric speciation, one group is much smaller than the other. This population, being located in the periphery, experiences ...

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   1. Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats. [25] [26] [27] 2. Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which an organism is able to live and reproduce in a given set of habitats. [28]

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   Ecological speciation: A speciation process in which divergent natural selection drives the evolution of reproductive incompatibility (i.e., isolation) between taxa. Mutation-order speciation: A ...

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   What is the difference between adaptation and speciation?

   • In adaptation, over the course of time, species modify their phenotypes in ways that permit them to succeed in their environment. In speciation, over the course of time, the number of species multiplies; that is, a single species can give rise to two or more descendant species.

   18.1: Evolution and Adaptation - Biology LibreTexts

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   What is an example of adaptation and speciation?

   • An example widely used today to study the interplay of adaptation and speciation is the evolution of cichlid fish in African lakes, where the question of reproductive isolation is complex. Adaptation is not always a simple matter where the ideal phenotype evolves for a given environment.

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   What is speciation?

   • The formation of one or more species from a single precursor species is called speciation. This page titled 18.1: Evolution and Adaptation is shared under a CC BY 3.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by John W. Kimball via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

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   What is the difference between adaptation and adaptedness?

   • 1. Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats. 2. Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which an organism is able to live and reproduce in a given set of habitats. 3.

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   What is adaptation in biology?

   • Biology LibreTexts 4.1: What is adaptation? In biology, adaptation is defined a heritable behavioral, morphological, or physiological trait that has evolved through the process of natural selection, and maintains or increases the fitness of an organism under a given set of environmental conditions.

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   What is natural selection and ecological speciation?

   • Natural selection and speciation: ‘Ecological speciation'. Biologists have long been fascinated with — and sought to explain — the origin and maintenance of biological diversity within and among species. Natural selection is generally recognized as a central mechanism of evolutionary change within species.

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9. evolution.berkeley.edu › evolution-101 › speciationDefining speciation - Understanding Evolution

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   Defining speciation. Speciation is a lineage-splitting event that produces two or more separate species. Imagine that you are looking at a tip of the tree of life that constitutes a species of fruit fly. Move down the phylogeny to where your fruit fly twig is connected to the rest of the tree. That branching point, and every other branching ...