An organism is considered a new species when it achieves reproductive isolation
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SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 75/100
Biological consensus generally views reproductive isolation as a primary and sufficient criterion for defining species boundaries and understanding speciation.
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Songs, Reproductive Isolation, and Speciation in Cryptic Species of Insects: A Case Study Using Green Lacewings
1998 · cited by 0
States that reproductive isolation serves as a sufficient criterion to define species boundaries.
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RIDGE, a tool tailored to detect gene flow barriers across species pairs
2023 · cited by 0
Highlights that characterizing reproductive isolation and gene flow barriers between diverging lineages is central to understanding speciation.
Genomic approach to detecting barriers to gene flow
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Discusses how populations progressively develop reproductive isolation during the speciation process.