Sympatric Speciation Occurs More Commonly in Which Types of Organisms

question 15

Multiple Choice

Sympatric speciation occurs more commonly in which types of organisms?

• A) plants
• B) humans
• C) birds
• D) fish
• E) insects Plants are more prone to sympatric speciation because hybrid sterility is not as much of a problem for plants as it is for other organisms. Because plants are tolerant of polyploidy, the doubling of chromosomes within a hybrid may allow it to undergo meiosis successfully and reproduce, producing a new species.

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