GQ#7: Devil's Hole is a warm spring located within the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, USA. It is said that this spring became isolated from other bodies of water in the area approximately 50, 000 years ago. It is the only habitat of the Devil's Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis), which cannot interbreed with other pupfish species (like the Ash Meadows pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis) from nearby springs. What mode of speciation is most probably responsible for this reproductive isolation?

GQ#7: Devil's Hole is a warm spring located within the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, USA. It is said that this spring became isolated from other bodies of water in the area approximately 50, 000 years ago. It is the only habitat of the Devil's Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis), which cannot interbreed with other pupfish species (like the Ash Meadows pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis) from nearby springs. What mode of speciation is most probably responsible for this reproductive isolation?

Biology 2e

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ISBN:9781947172517

Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Chapter45: Population And Community Ecology

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 22RQ: The first species to live on new land, such as that formed from volcanic lava, are called__________....

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