The Next Few Questions Refer to the Following Description

question 61

Multiple Choice

The next few questions refer to the following description.
On the Bahamian island of Andros, mosquitofish populations live in various, now-isolated, freshwater ponds that were once united. Currently, some predator-rich ponds have mosquitofish that can swim in short, fast bursts; other predator-poor ponds have mosquitofish that can swim continuously for a long time. When placed together in the same body of water, the two kinds of female mosquitofish exhibit exclusive breeding preferences.
-Which type of reproductive isolation operates to keep the mosquitofish isolated, even when fish from different ponds are reunited in the same body of water?

• A)behavioural isolation
• B)habitat isolation
• C)temporal isolation
• D)mechanical isolation
• E)gametic isolation

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