Diane Dodd's Experiments Using Fruit Flies Demonstrated That

question 11

Multiple Choice

Diane Dodd's experiments using fruit flies demonstrated that

• A) the evolution of reproductive barriers occurs much too slowly to produce measurable effects in the laboratory.
• B) new species can form in a single generation by the production of new reproductive structures.
• C) formation of a reproductive barrier between two populations is more likely if they experience and adapt to different environmental conditions.
• D) reproductive barriers usually are absolute: Either two populations are fully willing and able to interbreed, or they are strictly separated by a fully effective reproductive barrier.

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