Speciation In Galapagos

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The process of speciation occurred through six steps. The first step was the founding of a new population, during which species A somehow ended up on one of the Galapagos islands - whether by flying or being blown by the wind is unknown. This species found a way to adapt to this new habitat, survive and reproduce and create a new population. The second step is geographic isolation, in which part of species A ended up on another of the islands in the Galapagos, most likely the same way that the original population did for the first island. These few individuals typically did not fly over open water, so they were now geographically isolated from the rest of the population. This led to the third step, changes in the gene pool, as the individuals

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