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An example of reproductive isolation is

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Mule
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Bonellia
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Dinosaurs
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Archaeopteryx
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The correct option is A Mule
  • Reproductive isolation refers to a set of mechanisms that prevent animals of the same group from breeding. These are reproductive barriers that do not allow the species to mate and produce offspring.
  • Mule is an example of low hybrid viability type of reproductive isolation.
  • Even though horses and donkeys can mate and produce healthy offspring, the offsprings thus produced termed mules cannot pass their genetic information down to future generations, so they are a genetic dead-end. There is no gene flow through infertile hybrids.
So, the correct option is 'Mule'.

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