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A student has written a paper about a deer population that was separated when a canyon developed between members of the group. In her paper, she showed that the two groups adapted differently and can no longer interbreed. What would be the best title for her paper?
Speciation by Geographic Isolation
Speciation by Reproductive Isolation
How Natural Selection Creates Species
How Adaptation Creates Species

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Speciation by Geographic Isolation

Reason: the canyon created a physical barrier (geographic isolation) that led to divergent adaptation and eventual reproductive isolation (allopatric speciation).