Which of the Following Is an Example of Reproductive Isolation

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of reproductive isolation?

• A) Male deer with large branching antlers are more likely to mate.
• B) A blue lizard washes away from a population of mostly green lizards during a hurricane and ends up on an island containing no other lizards to mate with.
• C) One population of frogs mates in the deep water of a pond and another population of frogs mates on the shore of the same pond.
• D) One individual from a population of fruit flies from an apple orchard is blown by heavy winds into another orchard where it mates with a different population of fruit flies.

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Definitions:

P-value

The chance of encountering outcomes in a test that are as extreme or exceed the observed findings, given that the null hypothesis holds.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used in hypothesis testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

P-values

Measures that help determine the significance of results obtained in statistical hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of observing results if the null hypothesis were true.

Levels Of Significance

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability at which the null hypothesis is rejected, often denoted by alpha.