Sympatric Speciation

question 25

Multiple Choice

Sympatric speciation:

• A)can occur instantaneously through formation of polyploid offspring.
• B)occurs whenever a physical barrier between two species is removed (i.e., a river dries up)and the two species start to interbreed.
• C)whenever hybrids mate with parental species.
• D)only occurs in bacteria.

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