Males of different species of the fruit fly that live in the same parts of the Hawaiian Islands have different elaborate courtship rituals such as making stylized movements that attract females. What type of reproductive isolation does this represent?

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Landyn Norris

11 August, 06:35

Males of different species of the fruit fly that live in the same parts of the Hawaiian Islands have different elaborate courtship rituals such as making stylized movements that attract females. What type of reproductive isolation does this represent?

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Jabari Reynolds · Answer 1

Behavioral isolation

Explanation:

Behavioral isolation: The term behavioral isolation is also referred to as ethological isolation and is described as a mechanism of evolution that creates speciation.

In other words, behavioral isolation occurs when two different populations of similar species experience differences in the behavior, for example, mating rituals.

In the question above, the given statement represents the behavioral isolation.