Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 22.4, Problem 2SB
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Polyploidy promotes the speciation in plants.

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The evolutionary process that leads to the formation of a new species is called speciation. There are four modes of speciation that depend on the geographical isolation- allopatric, sympatric, peripatric, and parapatric speciation. There are other mechanisms as well that can promote speciation.

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