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How do the geographic barriers affect the relatedness of species?

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Scientists think that geographic isolation is a common way for the process of speciation to begin: rivers change course, mountains rise, continents drift, organisms migrate, and what was once a continuous population is divided into two or more smaller populations. This may or may not be sufficient to cause speciation.

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