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Use the following to answer questions :
Two species of crickets have partially overlapping ranges.Hybrids are never found in the areas where the species meet.Individuals taken either from areas where they meet or areas where they do not meet will rarely mate in the lab because the females reject the songs sung by males of the other species.Of the few hybrids that are produced in lab crosses,all have low viability.
-The two cricket species exhibit _______ isolation.

• A) mechanical
• B) behavioral
• C) habitat
• D) gametic
• E) temporal

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