Allopatric speciation can involve
A) recolonization without reproductive isolation.
B) gene flow.
C) genetic drift.
D) sharing habitat.

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Allopatric speciation occurs when a population is separated geographically, leading to genetic isolation and the potential for genetic drift to act upon the separated populations. Gene flow is limited or absent, and recolonization without reproductive isolation is not a mechanism for allopatric speciation. Sharing habitat is not a characteristic of allopatric speciation.

Allopatric Speciation Can Involve