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At the molecular level, how do scientists know a new species has arisen?

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DNA sequencing has brought us the genetic species concept. In this model, species are defined by genetic isolation rather than reproductive isolation. Species may be more or less identical morphologically, but differences in DNA determine whether or not a population is a new species.

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