Which of the following would scenarios could result in reproductive isolation?
A) Fruit flies on one Hawaiian island live for hundreds of generations and do not come in contact with fruit flies on another island except when blown there by rare tropical storms.
B) One brood of the 17-year cicada emerged in 1987 (and will do so every 17 years) and lives a few months as adults; another brood emerged in 1992 (and will do so every 17 years) ; the larvae of both feed side by side on tree roots.
C) A lion and a tiger mate in the artificial confines of a zoo, but the offspring is infertile.
D) Two populations of crickets are indistinguishable in physical features, but the females in each group only approach males singing songs specific to their species.
E) All of the answer choices could lead to reproductive isolation.
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