Hybridization between different species is rare because it ____
a. requires the breakdown of a barrier preventing interbreeding
b. causes lethal mutations in hybrid offspring
c. leads to the exchange of genes between closely related species
d. leads to gene flow between species
e. contradicts the species concept
ANSWER: a
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