Question

question 33
which of the following is an example of reproductive isolation?
one population of frogs mates in the deep water of a pond and another population of frogs mates on the shore of the same pond
a blue lizard wanders away from a population of mostly green lizards during a hurricane and ends up on an island containing no other lizards to mate with
one individual from a population of fruit flies from an apple orchard is blown by heavy winds into another orchard where it mates with a different population of fruit flies
male deer with large branching antlers are more likely to mate

Explanation:

Reproductive isolation occurs when two populations cannot inter - breed. In the case of the two frog populations mating in different parts of the pond (deep water and shore), they are reproductively isolated due to a difference in mating location (habitat isolation, a form of pre - zygotic reproductive isolation). The second option is an example of the founder effect (a type of genetic drift), the third is gene flow, and the fourth is sexual selection.

Answer:

The population of frogs mates in the deep water of a pond and another population of frogs mates on the shore of the same pond.