Question

When population occurs from the surviving ancestral species in which both the species continue to live in the same geographical region is said to be

• A. Allotropic speciation
• B. Parapatric speciation
• C. Peripatric speciation
• D. Sympatric speciation

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Sympatric speciation

Sympatric speciation is the evolution of a new species from a surviving ancestral species while both continue to inhabit the same geographic region.