A pet store puts both Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and black rats (Rattus rattus) in the same cage. If mating occurs, the pregnancy will not succeed because the embryos fail to develop properly. This is an example of
A) temporal isolation.
B) hybrid inviability.
C) hybrid infertility.
D) hybrid vigor.
E) gametic incompatibility.
B
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