Reinforcement (speciation)
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Reinforcement (speciation)
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Reinforcement is a process of speciation where natural selection increases the reproductive isolation between two populations of species. This occurs as a result of selection acting against the production of hybrid individuals of low fitness. The idea was originally developed by Alfred Russel Wallace and is sometimes referred to as the Wallace effect. The modern concept of reinforcement originates from Theodosius Dobzhansky. He envisioned a species separated allopatrically, where during seconda
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Process of increasing reproductive isolation
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2024-02-19T06:31:42Z
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