Allopatric Speciation Occurs When

question 49

Multiple Choice

Allopatric speciation occurs when

• A) gene flow is maintained between two subgroups of a mother population.
• B) two morphologically different subgroups of a species share the same habitat.
• C) gene flow prevents genetic variants from being exchanged between subgroups.
• D) a subgroup is physically isolated from the mother population and gene flow can no longer occur.

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