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Species Concepts and Speciation Mark McGinley Associate Professor Honors College and Department of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University
Species Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object]
Historical Species Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Historical Species Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Historial/Modern Species Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Modern Species Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Biological Species Concept- Key Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Biological Species Concept- Key Concepts ,[object Object]
Biological Species Concept- Key Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Premating or prezygotic mechanisms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Habitat Isolation- Geese
Seasonal Isolation- Frogs
Behavioral Isolation- Crabs
Mechanical Isolation- Insects
Postmating or post-zygotic mechanisms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Hybrid sterility- Mule
Reproductive Isolation Summary
Identifying Species Using the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Identifying Species Using the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Identifying Species Using the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Odocoileus   hemionus Mule Deer
Odocoileus   virginianus White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus  Distribution
Variation in Morphology
Variation in Behavior O. hemionus   O. virginianus
Lacewings Chrysoperla plorabunda
Lightening Bugs Lampyridae: Hemiptera: Insecta
Firefly Flashing Patterns
Identifying Species Using the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object]
Morphological Differences
Geographic Variation in Weasels  Mustela erminea
Feloid ( Panthera ) and Canoid ( Canis)
Identifying Species Using the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Evolutionary Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Evolutionary Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Pelycodus an early Eocene Primate
Evolutionary Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Evolutionary Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Other Species Concepts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object]
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ensatina - salamanders
Ring species in Gulls ( Larus )
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object]
Tree Creepers Sibling Species
Sibling Species Empidonax  flycatchers
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object]
Hybridization ,[object Object]
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object]
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Problems with the Biological Species Concept ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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