What Is Most Likely to Occur If a Parasite Accidentally

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is most likely to occur if a parasite accidentally introduced into the Great Lakes kills 95% of all living organisms living in the lakes?

• A) fusion in a hybrid zone
• B) evolution of a surviving organism
• C) mass extinction of the surviving organisms
• D) adaptive radiation of the surviving populations
• E) allopatric speciation in the surviving organisms

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