A Single Seed Lands on One of a Group of Isolated

question 87

Multiple Choice

A single seed lands on one of a group of isolated islands. Several million years later, its descendants have evolved into a number of new species on the different islands, representing a variety of trees, shrubs, and vines. This is an example of ____.

• A) adaptive radiation
• B) punctuated equilibrium
• C) genetic drift
• D) microevolution
• E) mutation

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