A rapid method of speciation that has been important in the history of flowering plants is

A) genetic drift.
B) paedomorphosis.
C) a mutation in the gene controlling the timing of flowering.
D) behavioral isolation.
E) polyploidy.


Answer: E) polyploidy.

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