postzygotic barrier
(noun)
a mechanism that blocks reproduction after fertilization and zygote formation
Examples of postzygotic barrier in the following topics:
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Reproductive Isolation
- Scientists classify reproductive isolation in two groups: prezygotic barriers and postzygotic barriers.
- A postzygotic barrier occurs after zygote formation; this includes organisms that don't survive the embryonic stage and those that are born sterile.
- Some types of prezygotic barriers prevent reproduction entirely.
- Other prezygotic barriers work when differences in their gamete cells prevent fertilization from taking place; this is called a gametic barrier.
- When fertilization takes place and a zygote forms, postzygotic barriers can prevent reproduction.
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Barrier Islands
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Entry Barriers
- One important source of oligopoly power are barriers to entry: obstacles that make it difficult to enter a given market.
- One important source of oligopoly power is barriers to entry.
- Barriers to entry are obstacles that make it difficult to enter a given market.
- Additional sources of barriers to entry often result from government regulation favoring existing firms.
- Explain the necessity of entry barriers for the existence of an oligopoly
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Economics
- Trade barriers are government-induced restrictions on international trade.
- Man-made trade barriers come in several forms, including:
- Trade barriers are often criticized for the effect they have on the developing world.
- International trade barriers can take many forms for any number of reasons.
- Explain the different types of trade barriers and their economic effect
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Promoting Free Trade
- Government can promote free trade by reducing tariffs, quotas, and non-tariff barriers.
- In addition to tariffs and quotas, there are a number of other barriers to free trade that countries use.
- Broadly, they are categorized as non-tariff barriers (NTBs).
- NTBs act just like tariffs and quotas in that they are barriers to free trade.
- Describe the effects of free trade and trade barriers on long run growth
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The Argument Against Barriers
- Economists generally agree that trade barriers are detrimental and decrease overall economic efficiency.
- Most trade barriers work on the same principle: the imposition of some sort of cost on trade that raises the price of the traded products.
- If two or more nations repeatedly use trade barriers against each other, then a trade war results
- Trade barriers are often criticized for the effect they have on the developing world.
- Therefore, the ultimate economic cost of the trade barrier is not a transfer of well-being between sectors, but a permanent net loss to the whole economy arising from the barriers distortion toward the less efficient the use of the economy's scarce resources.
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Other Barriers
- Barriers to trade include specific limitations to trade, customs procedures, governmental participation, and technical barriers to trade.
- In addition to tariffs and quotas, other barriers to trade exist.
- This category of trade barriers stems from regulations on international trade.
- This category of trade barriers represents direct governmental involvement in international trade.
- Technical barriers to trade are non-tariff barriers to trade that refer to standards implemented by countries.
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The Nature of Effective Communication
- Physical barriers like distance, inferior technology, or staff shortages that reduce information processing capacity.
- Attitudinal barriers presented by individuals.
- Physiological barriers like ill health, poor eyesight, or hearing difficulties.
- Communications have to take the potential barriers of an audience into account and tailor the message to reach them.
- Define effective communication in the context of organizational challenges and barriers
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Technological Barriers
- Standards-related trade measures, known in WTO parlance as technical barriers to trade play a critical role in shaping global trade.
- As tariff barriers to industrial and agricultural trade have fallen, standards-related measures of this kind have emerged as a key concern.
- But when standards-related measures are outdated, overly burdensome, discriminatory, or otherwise inappropriate, these measures can reduce competition, stifle innovation, and create unnecessary technical barriers to trade.
- These standards-related trade measures, known in World Trade Organization (WTO) parlance as "technical barriers to trade," play a critical role in shaping the flow of global trade.
- But standards-related measures that are non-transparent, discriminatory, or otherwise unwarranted can act as significant barriers to U.S. trade.
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Entry and Exit of Firms
- In perfectly competitive markets, there are no barriers to entry or exit.
- However, in most other types of markets barriers do exist.
- Monopolies are often aided by barriers to entry.
- Examples of barriers to entry include:
- The factors that may form a barrier to exit include: