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CAPE Biology Unit 1 · 2007 · Paper 1 · Question Q39

Speciation is the process by which new species arise. Which TWO of the following ways, listed I to IV, BEST promote this? I. Organisms produce large numbers of progeny. II. A local population becomes isolated from the main bulk of the population. III. The isolated genome experiences a favourable mutation. IV. The individuals in a populations are identical and do not show variations in their characteristics.

  1. (A)I and II
  2. (B)I and IV
  3. (C)II and III
  4. (D)II and IV

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