Question

One fish species occurs by itself in several nearby lakes . The other occurs by itself in other lakes (Lakes N, O, P, Q, ... Y). However, they co-occur in lake Z, but do not interbreed (one breeds in the spring in the lake itself, and the other breeds in streams feeding the lake in the fall.) Both species have several autapomorphies. Your initial hypothesis is these species arose through: Group of answer choices

a. No answer text provided.
b. Phylogenetic speciation
c. Allopatric speciation
d. Sympatric speciation

Answer 1

b. Phylogenetic speciation

Step-by-step explanation:

Autapomorphies are molecular or morphological traits found in a unique taxon. An autapomorphy is not found in outgroup and therefore these traits are used to classify a group into a category (i.e., species, genera, family, etc)