What is Adaptive Radiation LEVEL 3 MCQs Evolution Biology - XII NEET Practice Questions, MCQs, Past Year Questions (PYQs), NCERT Questions, Question Bank, Class 11 and Class 12 Questions, and PDF solved with answers

Evaluate the following statements and choose the correct option:

I:	Convergent evolution results in the development of similar traits in unrelated species.
II:	Analogous structures have the same evolutionary origin but different functions.
III:	Adaptive radiation occurs when a single ancestral species diversifies into a variety of ecological niches.
IV:	Homologous structures are evidence of divergent evolution.

1. I, III and IV are correct.
2. II, III and IV are correct.
3. I, II and IV are correct.
4. All statements are correct.

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Adaptive radiation refers to:

1.	The gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new species.
2.	The process by which organisms spread to different habitats and evolve into new species.
3.	The rapid evolutionary diversification within one lineage, producing many descendant species with a wide range of adaptive forms.
4.	The extinction of a species due to environmental changes.

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