A Population of Rodents, Called Population A, Lived Together in Harmony

question 117

Multiple Choice

A population of rodents, called population A, lived together in harmony on a large landmass until one group of the population dispersed to a nearby island. Two million years later, the island population is split into two smaller, equal-sized populations when a river formed across the middle of the island. Now two new species have evolved on the island, A1 and A2. They have replaced the population from which they were derived. Which represents the phylogeny of the populations discussed in this scenario?

• A)diagram M
• B)diagram H
• C)diagram K

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