NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One species splitting into two species is called ____
A
Mass extinction
B
Speciation
C
Sexual Selection
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Speciation is how a new kind of plant or animal species is created. Speciation occurs when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conversely, ‘speciation’ or cladogenesis arises from a splitting event, where a parent species is split into two distinct species, often as the result of geographic isolation or another driving force involving the separation of populations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Here, we’ll explore these modes of speciation: Allopatric (allo = other, patric = place): New species formed from geographically isolated populations. Peripatric (peri = near, patric = place): New species formed from a small population isolated at the edge of a larger population.

Detailed explanation-4: -Speciation is an evolutionary process by which a new species comes into being. A species is a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another to produce fertile offspring and is reproductively isolated from other organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -The formation of a new species by evolution or any genetic modification of the previously existing species in a population is called speciation.

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