Speciation resulting from the division of a population by a physical barrier is known as
A) reinforcement.
B) sympatric speciation.
C) Darwinian speciation.
D) the biological species concept.
E) allopatric speciation.

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Allopatric speciation is the process of speciation that occurs when a physical barrier, such as a river or mountain range, divides a population into two or more geographically isolated subpopulations, which then evolve into separate species due to different selection pressures and genetic drift.

Speciation Resulting from the Division of a Population by a Physical