Rank the following isolating mechanisms with respect to their time of occurrence in the life cycle, from earliest to latest.
A) Low hybrid zygotic viability, gametic isolation, behavioral isolation
B) Low hybrid zygotic viability, behavioral isolation, gametic isolation
C) Behavioral isolation, low hybrid zygotic viability, gametic isolation
D) Behavioral isolation, gametic isolation, low hybrid zygotic viability
E) Gametic isolation, behavioral isolation, low hybrid zygotic viability

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Behavioral isolation occurs before mating, gametic isolation occurs during or right after mating when gametes are trying to fuse, and low hybrid zygotic viability occurs after fertilization when the zygote fails to develop properly or survive.

Rank the Following Isolating Mechanisms with Respect to Their Time