Adaptive Radiation
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- Subject
- biology
- Chapter
- evolution
- Topic
- adaptive radiation
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Year
- 2025
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Adaptive radiation
- Definition: Adaptive radiation is the process by which a single ancestral species diversifies into many different forms to fill separate ecological niches.
- Darwin's Observation: He noted that multiple species of finches on the Galapagos Islands evolved different beak shapes suited to different food sources (seeds, insects, cactus).
- Source: All radiated from a common ancestral seed-eating finch on the mainland.
- Conclusion: Darwin's finches are the classic example of adaptive radiation.
This easy difficulty biology question is from the chapter evolution, covering the topic of adaptive radiation. It appeared in the 2025 exam.
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