What Is the Critical Distinction Between Allopolyploidy and Autopolyploidy

question 97

Multiple Choice

What is the critical distinction between allopolyploidy and autopolyploidy?

• A) Allopolyploidy involves disruptive selection; autopolyploidy does not
• B) Autopolyploidy involves disruptive selection; allopolyploidy does not
• C) If speciation is allopatric rather than sympatric, the mode of speciation is allopolyploidy; if speciation is sympatric rather than allopatric, the mode of speciation is autopolyploidy
• D) In autopolyploidy, one parental species contributes to the polyploidy; in allopolyploidy, two parental species contribute to the polyploidy
• E) In allopolyploidy, one parental species contributes to the polyploidy; in autopolyploidy, two parental species contribute to the polyploidy

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