Question

What is the main difference between adaptive radiation and other forms of speciation?
Adaptive radiation is a mechanism for evolution.
Adaptive radiation happens over a relatively short time.
Adaptive radiation requires a founding population.
Adaptive radiation occurs only on islands.

Answer 1

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• The process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and radiating to other areas of geography is called adaptive radiation.
• Darwin's finches represents one of the best example of this phenomenon.
• Another example is Australian marsupials.
• Placental mammals in Australia also exhibit adaptive radiation in evolving.

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Answer 2

the main difference between adaptive radiation and other forms of speciation is that adaptive radiation requires a founding population.

Explanation:

• Adaptive radiation means that a character which is present in a particular species that has spread to different species that had been evolved from that first founding population

• . One of the example of adaptive radiation is the the placental mammal in Australia. it has over the time spread to many different mammals like Kangaroo due to adaptive radiation.

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