What Is a Subspecies?

What Is a Subspecies?

Explore how geographic isolation and environmental pressures lead to the formation of subspecies, and how these small differences can set the stage for entirely new species to evolve.

Topics

  • AP
  • AP Biology
  • AP Bio
  • next generation science standards
  • NGSS
  • subspecies
  • behavior
  • geographic isolation
  • secondary contact
  • fusion
  • reinforcement
  • divergence
  • interbreeding
  • hybrid zone
  • extinction
  • speciation