Question 158 • 26-27 RPA - US History 1 CR
Adaptive radiation occurs when one ancestral species rapidly diversifies into many species, often as populations adapt to different ecological niches. The lizards forming 15 separate species over a short time is an example of this. A describes the formation of only two species, C describes adaptation within one species, and D describes hybridization.
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