If two plant species with different habitat associations, Species X and Species Y, hybridize, and the resulting progeny are well adapted to living and reproducing only in a novel habitat in which neither parental species can live, which of the following is least likely to be true?
A) The hybrids will compete with some species with which the parental species do not compete.
B) The hybrids will interact with some pollinator species with which the parental species did not interact.
C) The hybrids will compete with and replace the parental species.
D) The parents will coexist in the geographic region in which they and the parental species occur.

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The hybrids are adapted to a novel habitat where the parental species cannot survive, so they are unlikely to compete with and replace the parental species in their original habitats.

If Two Plant Species with Different Habitat Associations, Species X