Crossing a male horse and a female donkey produces a mule. Mules are an example of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. behavioral isolation allopatric speciation temporal isolation hybrid inviability hybrid infertility (hybrid sterility)
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