Which Statement About the Evolution of Reproductive Isolation Is False

question 165

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the evolution of reproductive isolation is false?

• A) Reproductive isolation evolves at about the same rate in nearly all groups of organisms.
• B) Reproductive isolation can evolve gradually in the lab, even if the researchers do not directly select for it.
• C) Reproductive isolation generally increases gradually with increasing genetic distance.
• D) Reproductive isolation is not "all-or-nothing"; intermediate levels of reproductive isolation can be found.
• E) Reproductive isolation can be man-made, and it can occur naturally.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean, describing how values of a variable are spread or dispersed.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the count of numbers.

Standard Deviation

It quantifies the spread of a dataset, illustrating how much individual data points diverge from the mean value.

Z-score

A measure of how many standard deviations an element is from the mean; used in statistics for standardizing scores.