Allopatric Speciation Is Most Likely to Occur in Which of the Following

question 27

Multiple Choice

Allopatric speciation is most likely to occur in which of the following scenarios?

• A) A large lake is divided into two smaller lakes by a geological process, dividing a single species of fish into two different groups.
• B) All of the "parent" species of a new species go extinct, reducing gene flow between populations.
• C) There are two distinct possible feeding strategies within a given population, causing the rise of two species living in the same geographic area.
• D) A mutation changes the mating ritual followed by a subset of individuals in a population, and they end up forming an all-new species.

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