Reproductive Isolation

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.

Year introduced: 2012

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Tree Number(s): G05.045.675, G16.075.802

MeSH Unique ID: D060047

Entry Terms:

• Isolation, Reproductive
• Isolations, Reproductive
• Reproductive Isolations
• Hybridization Barriers
• Hybridization Barrier
• Barrier, Hybridization
• Barriers, Hybridization

Previous Indexing:

• Biological Evolution (1971-2011)
• Reproduction (1964-2011)

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Genetic Phenomena
Biological Evolution
Reproductive Isolation

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Biological Phenomena
Biological Evolution
Reproductive Isolation