The movement of organisms away from their place of origin, called ____, can produce a ____ distribution, in which closely related species live in widely separated locations.
A) fragmentation; continuous
B) vicariance; disjunct
C) vicariance; continuous
D) dispersal; disjunct
E) dispersal; continuous

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Dispersal refers to the movement of organisms away from their place of origin, and a disjunct distribution occurs when closely related species are found in widely separated locations.

The Movement of Organisms Away from Their Place of Origin