Allopatric speciation is defined as_________.

A. Speciation that occurs even though populations live within the same geographical area.
B. Speciation that begins with geographic isolation.
C. When parents of different species mate and produce offspring with two different sets of chromosomes.


Ans: B. Speciation that begins with geographic isolation.

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