Explain why speciation would more likely occur on islands farther from a mainland, such as the Galapagos islands, than an island close to a mainland, such as P.E.I.

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On an island far away from the mainland, there is greater geographic separation between the population on the island and the population on the mainland, so members of the different populations are less likely to interbreed, which would eventually lead to speciation.