Temporal Isolation

Prezygotic isolating mechanism that occurs when species mate or flower at different seasons or at different times of the day. Also known as Seasonal Isolation.

Tertiary

A period of time lasting from 65 million to 2 million years ago in the earth's history.

Trait

A genetically determined characteristic or condition.

Transformation

Refers to the cumulative changes over time whereby one gene pool changes into another that is presumably reproductively isolated from the first.

Translocation

Movement of a chromosomal segement from one location to another.

Triassic

A period of time lasting from 245 million to 208 million years ago in the earth's history. This period is marked by the emergence of the dinosaurs.