A Population of Mountain Goats Are Split Because of the Formation

question 7

Multiple Choice

A population of mountain goats are split because of the formation of a glacier.After 500 years the glacier melts and the two goat populations are free to move between the two areas.Under what conditions might the populations be able to occasionally interbreed?

• A)Both pre- and post-zygotic isolating mechanisms have arisen.
• B)Reproductive isolation is incomplete.
• C)Pre-zygotic isolating mechanisms have arisen.
• D)Post-zygotic isolating mechanisms have arisen.
• E)Gene flow between the two populations does not occur.

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