Isolating mechanisms

Isolating mechanisms

Isolating Mechanisms are features of behavior, morphology, or genetics which serve to prevent breeding between species. Reproductive isolation of populations is established. It is particularly important to the biological species concept, as species are defined by reproductive isolation.

Isolating mechanisms can be divided into two groups, "Prezygotic isolating mechanisms" and "Postzygotic isolating mechanisms"

Prezygotic mechanisms

Factors which prevent individuals from mating.
*Temporal isolation: Individuals do not mate because they are active at different times. This may be different times of the day or different seasons. The species mating periods may not match up. Individuals do not encounter one another during either their mating periods, or at all.
*Ecological isolation: Individuals only mate in their preferred habitat. They do not encounter individuals of other species with different ecological preferences.
*Behavioral isolation: Individuals of different species may meet, but one does not recognize any sexual cues that may be given. An individual, totally oblivious, chooses a member of its own species.
*Mechanical isolation: Copulation may be attempted but transfer of sperm does not take place. The individuals may be incompatible due to size or morphology.
*Gametic incompatibility: Sperm transfer takes place, but the egg is not fertilized.

Postzygotic isolating mechanisms

Genomic incompatibility, hybrid inviability or sterility.
*Zygotic mortality: The egg is fertilized, but the zygote does not develop.
*Hybrid inviability: Hybrid embryo forms, but is not viable.
*Hybrid sterility: Hybrid is viable, but the resulting adult is sterile.
*Hybrid breakdown: First generation (F1) hybrids are viable and fertile, but further hybrid generations (F2 and backcrosses) are inviable or sterile.

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