Concepts of Biology
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Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
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Chapter 11, Problem 10RQ
Which situation would most likely lead to allopatric
a. A flood causes the formation of a new lake.
b. A storm causes several large trees to fall down.
c. A mutation causes a new trait to develop.
d. An injury causes an organism to seek out a new food source.
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