Question 8 of 15 Sapling Learning Which of the following scenarios would most li

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Question 8 of 15 Sapling Learning Which of the following scenarios would most likely lead to allopatric speciation? In a population of elk, males that grow the largest antlers tend to mate with more female elk. In a landscape of grassland spotted by patches of oak trees, some members of a bl O uebird O population becomé locally adapted to living in oak trees while others become locally adapted to ng in grassland. another. Females and males In an archipelago, a few members of a moth population Some members of a population of herbivorous flies shift from la flies shift from laying eggs on one host plant to s reproduce only on the type of plant that they were raised on. on one island are carried by the wind to a neighboring island, where they form a subpopulation.

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Ans -- In a landscape of grassland spotted by patches of oak trees, some members of a bluebird population become locally adapted to living in oak trees while others become locally adapted to living in grassland.

This is so because, in allopatric speciation, the group of animals remain in the same geographical area but tend to develop certain features which end up in the evolution of two different species.

In sympatric speciation, evolution of two different species from one occurs when the subpopulations are separated by geographical boundaries.

So, among the given choices, the second option fulfills the conditions of allopatric speciation while the last option fulfills the conditions for sympatric speciation.

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