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Biological Science 6th Edition by Scott Freeman,Kim Quillin,Lizabeth Allison,Michael Black,Greg Podgorski,Emily Taylor,Jeff Carmichael

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0134243061
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Biological Science 6th Edition by Scott Freeman,Kim Quillin,Lizabeth Allison,Michael Black,Greg Podgorski,Emily Taylor,Jeff Carmichael

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0134243061
Exercise 3
Which of the following best characterizes an adaptive radiation?
A) Speciation occurs extremely rapidly, and descendant populations occupy a large geographic area.
B) A single lineage diversifies rapidly, and descendant populations occupy many habitats and ecological roles.
C) Natural selection is particularly intense, because disruptive selection occurs.
D) Species recover after a mass extinction.
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