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question 37

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On the volcanic, equatorial West African island of Sao Tomé, two species of fruit fly exist. Drosophila yakuba inhabits the island's lowlands, and is also found on the African mainland, located about 200 miles away. The very closely related species Drosophila santomea is found at higher elevations and only on Sao Tomé. The two species can hybridize, though male hybrids are sterile. A hybrid zone exists at middle elevations, where hybrids are greatly outnumbered by D. santomea. Studies of the two species' nuclear genomes reveal that D. yakuba on the island is more closely related to mainland D. yakuba than to D. santomea (2n = 4 in both species) . Sao Tomé rose from the Atlantic Ocean about 14 million years ago.
-The observation that island D. yakuba are more closely related to mainland D. yakuba than island D. yakuba are to D. santomea is best explained by proposing that D. santomea ________.

• A) descended from a now-extinct, non-African fruit fly
• B) arrived on the island before D. yakuba
• C) descended from a single colony of D. yakuba, which had been introduced from elsewhere, with no subsequent colonization events
• D) descended from an original colony of D. yakuba, of which there are no surviving members; the current island D. yakuba represent a second colonization event from elsewhere

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