Biochemical systems within the stigma of a flowering plant prevent the pollen from a different species from developing a pollen tube and fertilizing its eggs. This is an example of what kind of reproductive isolation?

A. pre-zygotic, behavioral isolation
B. pre-zygotic, temporal separation
C. pre-zygotic, lock and key
D. post-zygotic, temporal separation
E. post-zygotic, ecological separation


C

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