Evolution in action! Apple maggot flies demonstrate how two species emerge from a single species.
For this to happen, one portion of a population has to stop reproducing with the rest. The two subpopulations no longer swap genes, so any genetic mutations that happen in one are not shared. They begin to evolve separately, eventually becoming two distinct species — a process called speciation.
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