NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Endemism is a term used in biology to talk about the distribution of a taxon limited to a small geographic area and which can therefore be found naturally in this place. In consequence, endemic species are those that live in a limited area, such as a mountain range, lake or island, among others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Endemic species are plant and animal species that are found in a particular geographical region and nowhere else in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Often an endemic species is confined to a certain area because they are highly adapted to the particular niche. They may eat only a certain type of plant that is found nowhere, or a plant is perfectly adapted to flourish in a very particular climate and soil type.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are two types of endemism-paleoendemism and neoendemism. Paleoendemism means that a species used to live in a large area but now lives only in a smaller area.

Detailed explanation-5: -Endemic species are especially likely to develop on geographically and biologically isolated areas such as islands and remote island groups, including Hawaii, the Galápagos Islands and Socotra, because of the potential for isolation and therefore evolution through allopatric speciation.