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) Geographical isolation prevents gene flow between populations of a species,whereas asexual reproduction generally involves only one individual.
In an asexually reproducing organism,variations can occur only when the copying of $DNA$ is not accurate.
Since asexual reproduction does not involve the exchange of genetic material between different individuals,geographical barriers do not restrict the gene pool in the same way they do for sexually reproducing organisms.
Therefore,geographical isolation is not a major factor in the speciation of an organism that reproduces asexually.

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