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Adaptive radiation

In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, alters biotic interactions or opens new environmental niches. Starting with a single ancestor, this process results in the…

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related to Further reading · 111
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related to Caribbean anoles · 22
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related to Darwin's finches · 22
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related to Other examples · 21
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related to Cichlids of the African Great Lakes · 12
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related to Conditions · 8
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related to Adaptive radiation in Hawaii · 4
Adaptive radiation → Hawaii, Hawaiian, Hyposmocoma, The
related to Characteristics · 4
Adaptive radiation → Four, Note, Rapid, Trait
see also · 2
Adaptive radiation → Cambrian, Hawaiian
is a · 1
Adaptive radiation → process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms

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Adaptive radiationrelated to Adaptive radiation in HawaiiHawaii0.60section
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Adaptive radiationrelated to Adaptive radiation in HawaiiHawaiian0.60section
Adaptive radiationrelated to Adaptive radiation in HawaiiHyposmocoma0.60section
Adaptive radiationrelated to Caribbean anolesAnole0.60section
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Adaptive radiationrelated to Caribbean anolesSoutheastern US0.60section
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