A single species of finch from South America was displaced to a new habitat in the Galápagos Islands and evolved rapidly into several new species as it exploited the new resources. What occurred in these Darwinʹs finches?
A) Phyletic speciation
B) Stabilizing selection
C) Polyploidy
D) Divergent speciation
E) Adaptive radiation
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