In Situations in Which Both Vicariance and Dispersal Can Explain

question 38

Multiple Choice

In situations in which both vicariance and dispersal can explain biogeographic patterns, biologists prefer

• A) the vicariance explanation.
• B) the dispersal explanation.
• C) the most parsimonious explanation.
• D) the explanation that requires the largest number of unobserved events to account for it.
• E) to flip a coin.

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