Two populations of plants look identical but their flowers are fertilized by different pollinators-one by a night-flying hummingbird moth, the other by honeybees. These two populations of flowers are examples of
A) identical gene pools.
B) different species.
C) groups within the same species.
D) the same species using different pollinators.
E) identical evolutionary paths.

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These populations are examples of different species because they have distinct reproductive mechanisms (different pollinators), which is a key criterion for defining separate species.

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