Which of the following statements about speciation is false?
A) Evolution always results in speciation.
B) Gene flow within a population must be interrupted for speciation to occur.
C) Allopatric speciation is synonymous with geographic speciation.
D) Founder effects are important in speciation.
E) Gene flow within a population may be interrupted in the absence of physical separation.
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A) directly favors the development of
Q123: Adaptive radiation of plants
A) is more common
Q124: Ginkgo trees (Ginkgo biloba) are "living fossils."
Q125: Ernst Mayr's definition of biological species
A) applies
Q126: Alloploidy
A) can easily produce new plant species.
B)
Q128: Linnaeus
A) developed the binomial nomenclature for organisms
Q129: Geographic isolation
A) always results in reproductive isolation.
B)
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A) faster
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A) is the formation of many
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