Q: What is the name for areas where there is overlap between closely related species?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

18.3 Reconnection and Rates of Speciation Speciation is not a precise division: overlap between closely related species can occur in areas called hybrid zones. Organisms reproduce with other similar organisms. The fitness of these hybrid offspring can affect the evolutionary path of the two species. Scientists propose two models for the rate of speciation: one model illustrates how a species can change slowly over time; the other model demonstrates how change can occur quickly from a parent generation to a new species. Both models continue to follow the patterns of natural selection.

 Choices:

- mono zones

- extinction zones

- gap zones

- hybrid zones


A:
hybrid zones