What is adaptive radiation? The event when a species no longer has living members Large-scale evolutionary patterns and trends in speciation A lineage undergoes a burst of genetic divergences that gives rise to many species Changes in allele frequency that are always occurring in natural populations
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Biology Question When is speciation likely to occur with adaptive radiation? When is speciation likely to occur in general? What is adaptive radiation?
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Adaptive radiation occurs when a) one species gives rise to multiple closely related species. b) several species adapt to one environment. c) species adapt to environments with high radiation levels. d) an individual adapts to varying environments.
What is an adaptive radiation? State two hypotheses to explain why adaptive radiations occur.
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