Reproductive isolation

The flowers of many species of Angiosperm have evolved to attract and reward a single or a few pollinator species (insects, birds, mammals). Their wide diversity of form, colour, fragrance and presence of nectar is, in many cases, the result of coevolution with the pollinator species. This dependency on its pollinator species also acts as a reproductive isolation barrier.

In coral reefs, gamete incompatibility prevents the formation of numerous inter-species hybrids.

Mules are hybrids with interspecific sterility.

A hybrid between a polar bear and a brown bear, Rothschild Museum, Tring.

The mechanisms of reproductive isolation or hybridization barriers are a collection of mechanisms, behaviors and physiological processes that prevent the members of two different species that cross or mate from producing offspring, or which ensure that any offspring that may be produced are sterile. These barriers maintain the integrity of a species over time, reducing or directly impeding gene flow between individuals of different species, allowing the conservation of each species’ characteristics.

单词	Isolating mechanism
释义	Isolating mechanism 英语例句库 In postzygotic isolating mechanisms mating occur, but the resulting hybrid organism is inviable or sterile. 在合子后隔离机制中，匹配可以进行，但或不产生杂种或杂种不育。英语百科 Reproductive isolation The mechanisms of reproductive isolation or hybridization barriers are a collection of mechanisms, behaviors and physiological processes that prevent the members of two different species that cross or mate from producing offspring, or which ensure that any offspring that may be produced are sterile. These barriers maintain the integrity of a species over time, reducing or directly impeding gene flow between individuals of different species, allowing the conservation of each species’ characteristics.
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Isolating mechanism

Reproductive isolation