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Genetic Phenomena > Biological Evolution > Reproductive Isolation
Biological Phenomena > Biological Evolution > Reproductive Isolation

Preferred term

Reproductive Isolation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hybridization Barriers

Note

  • permitted with animals, plants and microorganisms

Scope note

  • Mechanisms that prevent different populations from exchanging genes (GENE FLOW), resulting in or maintaining GENETIC SPECIATION. It can either prevent mating to take place or ensure that any offspring produced is either inviable or sterile, thereby preventing further REPRODUCTION.

History note

  • 2012

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D060047

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