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question 35

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the description below.
On the volcanic, equatorial West African island of Sao Tomé, two species of fruit fly exist. Drosophila yakuba inhabits the island's lowlands, and is also found on the African mainland, located about 200 miles away. At higher elevations, and found only on Sao Tomé, is found the very closely related Drosophila santomea. The two species can hybridize, though male hybrids are sterile. A hybrid zone exists at middle elevations, though hybrids there are greatly outnumbered by D. santomea. Studies of the two species' nuclear genomes reveal that D. yakuba on the island is more closely related to mainland D. yakuba than to D. santomea (2n=4 in both species) . Sao Tomé rose from the Atlantic Ocean about 14 million years ago.
-If a speciation event occurred on Sao Tomé, producing D. santomea from a parent colony of D. yakuba, then which terms apply?
I. macroevolution
II. allopatric speciation
III. sympatric speciation

• A)I only
• B)II only
• C)I & II
• D)I & III

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Definitions:

Cotyledons

Seed leaves in plants that store nutrients and supply them to the developing seedling during germination.

Endosperm

A tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants around the time of fertilization. It provides nutrition in the form of starch, though it can also contain oils and protein, to the developing embryo.

Hypocotyl

The part of a seedling's stem situated below the cotyledons and above the root.