Reproductive Barriers

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1. Think and write: What might prevent two groups of organisms from reproducing together?
● enviroment
● Type of animal
● Geographic isolation
● people

2. What is a reproductive barrier?

Type of reproductive isolation Definition Example/Drawing

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annotate and add images. The pictures
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