Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
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Chapter 17, Problem 4MC
Analysis of Rhagoletis fly populations in North America provides evidence that if some members of an insect population shift to a new host species,
- a. sympatric
speciation may eventually result. - b. adaptive radiation is likely.
- c. little or no subsequent genetic divergence is likely.
- d. sympatric speciation is probably impossible in insects.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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