Several new tetraploid species of a plant called salsify (Tragopogon) known as salsify have arisen in western North America. These new species each arose from a diploid species that went through the process of allopolyploidy. This mode of speciation is a type of ________ and it occurs _______.  

A.  allopatric speciation; almost instantaneously
B.  allopatric speciation; very slowly
C.  sympatric speciation; almost instantaneously
D.  sympatric speciation; very slowly
E.  adaptive radiation; very slowly


C.  sympatric speciation; almost instantaneously

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