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what is adaptive radiation?
does it refer to power of adaptation in an individual to a variety of environments or evoluion of species from a common ancestor or adaptations due to geographical isolations?
Asked by imtiyazmulla68 | 30 Mar, 2018, 09:34: PM
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Adaptive radiation is the evolutionary process in which different species starting from a common point in a geographical area radiate to other geographical areas. It is due to the evolution of a species and is specifically due to convergent evolution.
In convergent evolution multiple organism shares (converge) common environment and thus to survive, it changes the morphology or shows analogous organs. In adaptive radiation, organism leaves its habitat and move to a new environment. So if more than one organism leave their respective niche and arrive at a new and common environment, they have to adapt to the environment and evolve, showing convergence after radiation
Answered by Sivanand Patnaik | 30 Mar, 2018, 11:41: PM
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