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question 42

Multiple Choice

Refer to the map below. DNA analysis showed that one species of rat diverged over several thousand years to become two species.Rat species A lived in the Ethiopian biogeographic region, whereas species B lived in the Oriental region.This suggests that the process leading to divergence of the two rat species is

• A) dispersal.
• B) vicariance.
• C) biogeography.
• D) converging of land masses.
• E) biotic interchange.

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