What is the importance of geographic isolation in speciation?

A. It allows different mutations to arise.
B. It prevents reproduction between populations.
C. It reduces competition between the populations.
D. It protects one of the populations from predation.


Sagot :

Answer;

B. It prevents reproduction between populations.


Explanation;

Geographical isolation refers to a population of animals, plants, or other organisms that are separated from exchanging genetic material with other organisms of the same species.

Geographic isolation causes individuals of an original species to accumulate sufficient genetic differences to prevent them breeding with each other when they are reunited.

B it prevents reproduction between populations