EVOLUTION
PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION
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geographic
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temporal
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Detailed explanation-1: -temporal isolation, in biology, a type of reproductive isolation mechanism among sexual organisms in which the differences in the timing of critical reproductive events prevent members of closely related species, which could otherwise breed with one another, from mating and producing hybrid offspring.
Detailed explanation-2: -Behavioral isolation-unique mating signals or courtship rituals; Temporal isolation-separation in time such that reproduction occurs at different times of the day, or season or even years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Temporal isolation prevents species from interbreeding due to differences in the timing of mating or fertility, such as having different mating seasons. Behavioral isolation prevents species from interbreeding due to a difference in mating rituals or behaviors.
Detailed explanation-4: -a) Temporal isolation. Individuals of different species do not mate because they are active at different times of day or in different seasons. b) Ecological isolation. Individuals mate in their preferred habitat, and therefore do not meet individuals of other species with different ecological preferences.
Detailed explanation-5: -Examples of Temporal Isolation Similarly, the western spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis) and eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) cannot mate because the eastern spotted skunks are known to breed in late winter, while western spotted skunks breed in fall.