Refer to the Table

question 41

Multiple Choice

Refer to the table. Certain populations of a copepod (a planktonic crustacean) may be reproductively isolated, even though females will mate with any male.Here, three females from one of the populations are placed with three males from another population.The diagonals represent crosses made between males and females of the same population.The numbers of offspring produced are listed in the table.In the crosses with reproductive isolation, what type of reproductive isolation exists?

• A) Behavioral
• B) Mechanical
• C) Temporal
• D) Low hybrid viability
• E) Hybrid inferility

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