KINE 2011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.9: Zygote

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 2011
• Professor: Ali Abdul Sater

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Lo f2: if a species varies across its geographic range, it may show a cline: gradual changes in the conditions and difference in the characteristics of a species living in that geography. A species of fish may live in a wide range geographic area, and its characteristics will change with some of the different conditions throughout that range. In that case, you see a clinal variation i(cid:374) that orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s. Example- the fish that live across canada may have larger body size in the places of canada that are a little colder. Morphological species concept- does not necessarily take into account differences within a species. A group within a species that may be morphologically different, but not different enough to be considered a completely differe(cid:374)t spe(cid:272)ies (cid:271)y msc. Lo f3: under biological species concept- reproductive isolation: preventing interbreeding between different groups and species (results from different locations, genes etc.