The Type of Reproductive Isolation in Which Offspring Are Infertile

question 9

Multiple Choice

The type of reproductive isolation in which offspring are infertile because their chromosomes cannot align correctly during meiosis because of a different number of chromosomes being inherited from the two parents is

• A)gametic isolation.
• B)mechanical isolation.
• C)hybrid infertility.
• D)hybrid inviability.
• E)temporal isolation.

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