Reproductive Isolation

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Prezygotic Isolation
isolating events that happen before fertilization
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Postzygotic isolation
isolating events that happen after fertilization
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Behavioral isolation
individuals only mate with each other based on specific courtship rituals
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Physical/mechanical isolation
Physiologically two species are incompatible for mating, or there is a physical barrier preventing it
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Temporal isolation
Two species are ready to reproduce at different times
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Spatial isolation
two species live in different locations, or are geographically separated
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Ecological isolation
Two species are separated because they occupy different niches, or have different habitats