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Ehrlich and Raven Proposed an "Escape and Radiate" Hypothesis That

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Ehrlich and Raven proposed an "escape and radiate" hypothesis that predicts that:


A) plant species that evolve novel defenses against their herbivores are more likely to diversify into new species.
B) plant species that are not eaten will develop more similar traits.
C) plant and insect species coevolve toward less species diversity.
D) a plant species will only win an evolutionary "arms race" if it escapes to new a habitat.
E) plant and insect within-species diversity tends to decrease through time as each adapts to the other's defenses.

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