Which of the following statements about allopolyploidy is false?

a. It can result in a new, reproductively isolated species in just one generation.
b. Many flowering plant species are allopolyploids.
c. It accounts for a large portion of the remarkable species diversity observed on Earth today.
d. The hybrid may have a combination of traits conferring greater fitness than the parent
species.
e. The hybrid may assume a new role in the environment and so coexist with the parent
species.


C

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