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Allopatric Speciation: The Power of Geographic Isolation in Evolution
Chapter 22, Problem 5(choose chapter or problem)
Which of the following factors would not contribute to allopatric speciation?
a. A population becomes geographically isolated from the parent population.
b. The separated population is small, and genetic drift occurs.
c. The isolated population is exposed to different selection pressures than the ancestral population.
d. Different mutations begin to distinguish the gene pools of the separated populations.
e. Gene flow between the two populations is extensive.
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QUESTION:
Which of the following factors would not contribute to allopatric speciation?
a. A population becomes geographically isolated from the parent population.
b. The separated population is small, and genetic drift occurs.
c. The isolated population is exposed to different selection pressures than the ancestral population.
d. Different mutations begin to distinguish the gene pools of the separated populations.
e. Gene flow between the two populations is extensive.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
Allopatric speciation is a process of genetic evolution or geographic isolation due to which the homogeneous genetic population differentiates into a genetically completely new group of species. It involves reproduction isolation.
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