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Isolation from related species by physical barriers or bodies of water can lead to island minimalization allopatric speciation variation in species reproductive success

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Geographic isolation leads to allopatric speciation

Step-by-step explanation:

-One species could split into two if a physical barrier (such as a new river, divided its geographic range)

- If the barrier is large enough, gene flow between them would cease and the two separate populations would evolve independently.

- Different alleles would be fixed in them; because of the hazards of mutation and drift, or because selection favored different characters in the two.

- Then if the barrier is removed and the populations are reunited, they might remain distinct from each other.

- There would now be two species where there was formerly one.

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