If Leon Has a Moderate Intellectual Disability but Shows Exceptional

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True/False

If Leon has a moderate intellectual disability but shows exceptional abilities in mental arithmetic and calendar calculations, he would be described as having savant syndrome.

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Definitions:

Temporal Isolation

A mechanism of reproductive isolation in which different species breed at different times, preventing them from interbreeding.

Habitat Isolation

A prezygotic barrier where two species live in different habitats within the same area but do not meet, preventing them from mating.

Gametic Barriers

Reproductive obstacles that prevent gametes (sperm and egg) from two different species from fusing and creating a viable offspring.

Allopolyploids

Organisms that have multiple sets of chromosomes originating from different species, a common phenomenon in plants.