With Major Crackdowns on Traditional Organized Crime Activities Such as Extortion

question 86

True/False

With major crackdowns on traditional organized crime activities such as extortion and bid-rigging rackets, mafia crime groups in New York in the '90s were shifting some of their focus to health frauds, prepaid phone cards, and Wall Street scams.

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Definitions:

Mechanical Isolation

A form of reproductive isolation where differences in the size, shape, or incompatible genitalia prevent mating between species.

Hybrid Inviability

A postzygotic barrier where hybrid offspring fail to survive to reproductive age.

Gestational Abortion

The termination of a pregnancy during the gestation period, often due to natural causes such as chromosomal abnormalities.

Hybrid Breakdown

A postzygotic barrier where offspring of cross-species or cross-strain matings have reduced survival rates or fertility.