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What is adaptive radiation according to evolution?​

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Adaptive radiation is a rapid increase in the number of species with a common ancestor, characterized by great ecological and morphological diversity.

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Adaptive radiation is the rapid diversification of an ancestral population into several ecologically different species, associated with adaptive morphological or physiological divergence [12]. From: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2004.

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