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A population of lava lizards living on a tropical island was split into two isolated populations by a large lava flow. Over time, genetic changes within each population made it impossible for individuals from the two population to successfully reproduce.

Which of the following terms most accurately described what happened to the lava lizards?
a. natural selection
b. speciation
c. bottleneck event
d. convergent evolution

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The answer to your question is b the reason behind that is the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
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