Reproductive Isolation

Which of the following is an example of Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation?

• Behavioral

• Reduced Hybrid Viability

• Temporal

• Gametic

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There are 6 different kinds of Prezygotic Isolation. Which is NOT an example:

• Hybrid Sterility

• Mechanical

• Gametic

• Behavioral

Which of the following depends on reproductive structures being compatible between partners in breeding? 

• Mechanical
• Gametic
• Behavioral
• Temporal

Which of the following examples of RIMs depends on the timing of breeding to be compatible between mates? 

• Mechanical
• Temporal
• Behavioral
• Gametic

Which of the following RIMs depends on either songs or courtship dances of birds, or signaling between insects, or any other kind of learned or instinctual compatibility between mates?

• Mechanical

• Temporal

• Gametic

• Behavioral

Which of the following RIMs results in the sperm not finding, attaching to, or fusing with the egg of a mating partner? 

• Mechanical
• Behaviorial
• Temporal
• Gametic

Prezygotic isolating mechanisms occur:

• before the zygote

• after the zygote

• at the same time as the zygote

• none of these

Which of the following RIMs is most closely associated with flowering plants? 

• Mechanical
• Gametic
• Temporal 
• Behavioral

What does the term "Hybrid" mean in the context of reproductive isolating mechanisms? 

• All offspring
• Only male offspring
• Offspring with parents from different species
• Offspring with parents from the same species

The red-legged frog does not mate with the bullfrog because the red-legged frog breeds in fast-moving streams and bullfrogs breed in ponds.

• Temporal

• Gametic

• Mechanical

• Geographic