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Vlada [557]
3 years ago
6

This can occur when part of a population of a species becomes separated from the remainder, they may over time evolve different

characteristics from the parent population.
Biology
1 answer:
Basile [38]3 years ago
6 0
This definition above refers to the geographic isolation.
It means exactly what it says in the definition - one species is left behind from the rest of the population, and it stays in that particular location, evolving and changing from the species and population it was once a part of.
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