What Is Adaptive Radiation

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is adaptive radiation?

• A) the basis of radiometric dating
• B) development of similar body form in unrelated organisms
• C) formation of beneficial alleles through exposure to radiation
• D) origin of many species from a single common ancestor

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