The Channel Island spotted skunk is only found on two isolated islands off the coast of...

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The Channel Island spotted skunk is only found on two isolated islands off the coast of southern California, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. It is presumed to be closely related to the spotted skunk, which is found on mainland California. A. What mechanism of speciation do you think has occurred for the Channel Island spotted skunk. Provide your answer in the form of a hypothesis. (2 points) B. What are TWO types of additional information you would want to gather in order to test your hypothesis from A? (5 points) Edit Insert Format Tools Table Paragraph v 12pt BIUA 2 T² I The Channel Island spotted skunk is only found on two isolated islands off the coast of southern California, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. It is presumed to be closely related to the spotted skunk, which is found on mainland California. A. What mechanism of speciation do you think has occurred for the Channel Island spotted skunk. Provide your answer in the form of a hypothesis. (2 points) B. What are TWO types of additional information you would want to gather in order to test your hypothesis from A? (5 points) Edit Insert Format Tools Table Paragraph v 12pt BIUA 2 T² I

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Answer speciation means how a new species is created and occured when a group of species is separated and develop a its unique chracteristics to be called as new species a the speciation of channel island spotted skunk from mainland skunk occured and this is type is peripatric speciation peripatric speciation is occured when the small group of individuals separate ... View the full answer