When Hybrid Offspring Are at a Fitness Disadvantage and Reinforcement

question 122

Multiple Choice

When hybrid offspring are at a fitness disadvantage and reinforcement does not occur, which of the following is likely to occur?

• A) The spreading of hybrids through both populations, resulting in the combining of both gene pools and no new species
• B) An adaptive radiation
• C) The formation of a new species via polyploidy
• D) The formation of a hybrid zone
• E) None of the above

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