Instantaneous speciation (select all correct choices)

A. is, by definition, a type of sympatric
speciation.
B. is typically caused when hybridization
between species produces fertile, viable
offspring that are reproductively isolated from
both parental species.
C. often involves the multiplication of
chromosome sets, or polyploidy.
D. is relatively common in plants but not in
animals.
E. none of these


A,B,C,D

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