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Biology Question on Mechanism Of Evolution

The classical example of adaptive radiation in development of new species is

A

Darwin finches

B

marsupials of Australia

C

giant turtle

D

all of these

Answer

all of these

Explanation

Solution

Adaptive radiation is the evolutionary diversification from a single ancestral (prototype) population of descendant population into more and more numerous adaptive zones and ecological niches. It may involve both Anagenesis and cladogenesis. The examples of adaptive radiations are Darwin finches of Galapagos islands, Australian marsupials and limbs of mammals.