answer is evolution or speciation
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Correct answer is Evolution.
Evolution is a PROCESS. Evolution MAY lead to speciation.
Evolution is said to have “occurred” when even a small change leads to better survival.
Speciation (the PHENOMENON of formation of new, reproductively isolated species) is the result of evolution. Evolution CAN produce different species but doesn’t necessarily end up in speciation.
PLEASE READ THE EXAMPLE BELOW
Eg: Let’s say a population of black ants and anteater predators coexist in a hypothetical environment. The environment is full of red maple leaf trees.
A mutation causes the production of a new allele of the colour gene which imparts RED colour. Anteaters cannot see the red ants over the red maple leaves hence increasing the red ants’ safety.
THIS IS EVOLUTION BUT NOT SPECIATION
A wind causes some leaves to blow to the other side of a nearby river. It brought along a lot of black ants and some red ants from the original population (which still exists by the way) . The black soil of this bank of the river helped the black ants camouflage better than the red ants. Hence, the little red ants that did come also died.
Slowly, as the black and red populations separately grew in different environments, they became different species.
THIS IS EVOLUTION RESULTING IN SPECIATION
BY READING THIS I CAN GET IDEA THAT IT COULD BE EVOLUTION..
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