Q. Why is the advent of reproductive isolation important from an evolutionary standpoint? (Solved)
1. When the organisms comprising two populations of a species can no longer interbreed, the flow of genetic material between them stops.
2. It is not important from an evolutionary standpoint. The question is based on a false assumption.
3. Reproductive isolation increases the mutation rate.
4. Reproductive isolation may slow reproduction.
- a. When the organisms comprising two populations of a species can no longer interbreed, the flow of genetic material between them stops.