Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 29

Essay

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Canaan

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Definitions:

Speciation

Emergence of a new species.

Complete Isolation

A state or condition where an organism or population has no interaction with others; it can refer to quarantine or ecological separation.

Natural Selection

A major mechanism of evolution: the differential survival and reproduction of individuals of a population based on differences in shared, heritable traits. Outcome of environmental pressures.

Disruptive Selection

An evolutionary process that favors individuals at both extremes of a trait distribution over the average phenotype.