Which of the following is an example of reproductive isolation?
A) Male deer with large branching antlers are more likely to mate.
B) A blue lizard washes away from a population of mostly green lizards during a hurricane and ends up on an island containing no other lizards to mate with.
C) 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.
D) 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.

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Reproductive isolation occurs when different populations of a species are unable to interbreed. In option C, the two populations of frogs are separated by their mating locations, preventing them from interbreeding.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Reproductive Isolation