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The Gene Pool and Reproductive Isolation

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A gene pool is the complete collection of alleles across a species' interbreeding population; reproductive isolation prevents alleles from crossing between two gene pools.

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Alleles flow freely within one population's gene pool but cannot cross into a reproductively isolated population's separate gene pool.

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Reproductive isolation, not physical distance alone, defines two populations as no longer sharing one gene pool.