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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