A new highway is built in an area. Half of a population of a certain species of animal is on one side of the highway and half on the other side. The animals are unable to cross the highway. The highway creates an example of 

A. behavioral isolation.
B. seasonal isolation.
C. geographic isolation.
D. polyploidy.


C. geographic isolation.

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