Formation of a tetraploid plant species from two different diploid parental species of plants is an example of

A. punctuated equilibrium.
B. gradualism.
C. extinction.
D. a postzygotic barrier to evolution.
E. a prezygotic barrier to evolution.


Ans: A. punctuated equilibrium.

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