International A Level Biology / Biodiversity and conservation
Reproductive isolation and new species revision notes
Edexcel International A Level Biology (YBI11), chapter 12: Biodiversity and conservation, specification point 4.20. Part of the full course.
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A species is a group that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring. Reproductive isolation stops gene flow, and the build-up of genetic differences over many generations can eventually produce a new species.