February 25, 2010
How Are Evolution And Genetics Related To Changes In Population?
If you isolate some members of a population, how can it result in the formation of a new species?
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If you split a population in two, then each sub-population will continue to evolve – but they will do so SEPARATELY, without mixing their gene pools.
Eventually, their genes will be different enough that, even if they were re-introduced to each other, they would be unable to interbreed. At this stage they have become *reproductively isolated* and are now separate species.
a dog and a wolf is considered to be different species because of isolation but they can still interbreed and right now most of the “new” species are still interbreederable I would say that when an animal like dog gets isolated from the original population that it is not a new species but it is a variation of the kind If you want to ask me any questions or discuss evolution than email me at whatiscreation@gmail.com or visit my website whatiscreation.webs.com