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Which of the following factors would not contribute to allopatric speciation?Question 12Select one:a.The separated population is small, and genetic drift occurs.b.The isolated population is exposed to different selection pressures than the ancestral population.c.Different mutations begin to distinguish the gene pools of the separated populations.d.Gene flow between the two populations is extensive.

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Which of the following factors would not contribute to allopatric speciation?Question 12Select one:a.The separated population is small, and genetic drift occurs.b.The isolated population is exposed to different selection pressures than the ancestral population.c.Different mutations begin to distinguish the gene pools of the separated populations.d.Gene flow between the two populations is extensive.

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The factor that would not contribute to allopatric speciation is:

d. Gene flow between the two populations is extensive.

Allopatric speciation is a process in which new species evolve in geographic isolation from their ancestral species. Extensive gene flow between two populations would prevent this isolation, thereby hindering the process of allopatric speciation. Gene flow tends to homogenize the gene pools of the populations, reducing the genetic divergence necessary for speciation to occur.

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