3. Explain, in detail, how the geographic isolation of a population of animals can result in the divergence of their physical traits from the parent population from which they split.

White short-horned cattle and black angus cattle have been crossed to produce offspring with superior beef and rapid grown qualities. This process of choosing organisms with the most desirable traits for mating known as selective breeding

Explanation:

Selective breeding entails crossing for the aim of selecting the desirable traits