Over a period of many generations, a single species of snake has changed to the point that organisms from two different areas are no longer able to interbreed. This is an example of 

A. divergent evolution.
B. polyploidy.
C. adaptive radiation.
D. convergent evolution.


A. divergent evolution.

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