AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation; Divergent evolution is the process of two or more related species becoming more and more dissimilar. In this type of evolution groups of species from the same common ancestor evolve and accumulate differences, resulting in the formation of new species. For example; The red fox and the kit fox.

Detailed explanation-2: -A kit fox lives in the desert and has large ears with greater surface area that keep the fox from getting overheated. The red fox lives in the forest and has a red coat that keeps it camouflaged.

Detailed explanation-3: -Darwin used multiple lines of evidence to support his theory of evolution by natural selection–fossil evidence, biogeographical evidence, and anatomical evidence.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term coevolution is used to describe cases where two (or more) species reciprocally affect each other’s evolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -New species form by speciation, in which an ancestral population splits into two or more genetically distinct descendant populations. Speciation involves reproductive isolation of groups within the original population and accumulation of genetic differences between the two groups.