Two pods of dolphins (same species) exist off the coast of Mexico. Pod A likes to swim and play at depth in cooler water. Pod B likes to play on the crests of waves, preferring to stay a little closer to the light. Eventually the two pods preferentially choose mates which exhibit the same preference for swimming depth. Over time they lose the ability to interbreed. This speciation event is

The correct answer is - speciation is sympatric.

Explanation:

Sympatric speciation is a process of speciation that takes place when there is reproductive isolation between two populations of a species without any geographical separation.

This speciation takes place in the population with come ancestors as given in the question both pods of dolphins lose their ability to interbreed due to the sympatric speciation without any geographical separation.

Thus, the correct answer is - speciation is sympatric.

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.