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Isolating Mechanisms — Definition & Examples

By Deena Hauze
The Mexican spotted owl and the northern spotted owl. They look almost identical.

Image Source: By Hollingsworth(Pacific Southwest) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Gary L. Clark CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

The adorable spotted owl is divided into two species; the Mexican spotted owl (right) and the northern spotted owl (left). The Mexican spotted owl population lives in Mexico, while the northern spotted owl lives in the northwestern part of the United States. What kind of speciation happened?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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