Origin of Species Questions
1. Which type of speciation begins with geographic isolation?
2. What are five examples of prezygotic barriers and how do they each work?
3. What are three examples of postzygotic barriers and how do they each work?
4. How could you prove that 2 populations of ducks are the same species?
5. The sperm of a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) was used to artificially inseminate a female bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). The resulting hybrid is called a wholphin. Does this prove that the false killer whale and the bottlenosed dolphin are the same species? Why or why not?
6. Which has a larger number of endemic species? The Hawaiian Islands or the Florida Keys?
Why?