Red sea urchins and purple sea urchins occur in the same area and release their gametes at the same time into the ocean. The sperm and eggs often bump into each other but do not create hybrids because of incompatible proteins on their surfaces. This is an example of:

A) temporal isolation
B) habitat isolation
C) behavioral isolation
D) mechanical isolation
E) gametic isolation


Ans: E) gametic isolation

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