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Which of the isolating mechanisms listed below have partly evolved between apple and hawthorn host races...

Which of the isolating mechanisms listed below have partly evolved between apple and hawthorn host races of Rhagoletis pomonella, the apple maggot fly?

Hybrid sterility

Gametic

Hybrid breakdown

Behavioral

Ecological

Mechanical

Hybrid inviability

Temporal

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Ecological

If important ecological resources are of only a few distinct types, then ecological specialization results

– E.g. eat apples or eat hawthorn berries

– Rhagoletis pomonella

– Apple maggot fly, apple race & hawthorn race

– Males and females recognize food sources

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