Speciation _____

A) occurs at such a slow pace that no one has ever observed the emergence of new species
B) occurs only by the accumulation of small genetic changes over vast expanses of time
C) must begin with the geographic isolation of a small, frontier population
D) can involve changes to a single gene


D

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