The type of speciation that results when a species cannot mate due to a change in their use of a habitat is Sympatric speciation. Speciation, which ultimately makes the species to evolve into distinct species, occurs when members of the same species within a common habitat end up being reproductively isolated (Via). The speciation mostly occurs through polyploidy whereby offspring are produced with two times the normal chromosome number of other members of the same species. Normal members of the species would have two copies of the chromosome while on the other hand abnormal individuals would have four copies. The difference in the chromosome number leads to a failure in in mating thereby resulting to the evolution of the individuals into distinct
