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Will geographical isolation be a major factor in the speciation of an organism that reproduces asexually? Why or Why not?

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No, because geographical isolation does not affect much. In asexually reproducing organisms pass on the parent DNA to off springs that leaves no chance of speciation. However g​eographical isolation works as a major factor in crosspollinated species as it would result in accumulation of variation in the two geographically separated population.
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