Two morphologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to
A
One species
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B
Two biospecies
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C
Two sibling species
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D
None of the above
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Solution
The correct option is C Two sibling species The two morphologically similar species may look similar but can be genetically different. It may arise due to mutation variation and recombination. Mutation brings a sudden change in the nucleotides sequence. Variation and recombination lead to change in the genome. So if they reproduce they produce offspring which are inter-sterile as the gene flow is reduced within the population