EVERYDAY SCIENCE

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ZOOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The concept that one initial population may produce many new species based on open niches is know as ____
A
Gradualisim
B
Multiplication of Species
C
Perpetual Change
D
Genetic Drift
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Speciation is how a new kind of plant or animal species is created. Speciation occurs when a group within a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics.

Detailed explanation-2: -3) Ecological species concept Leigh Van Valen, in the 1970s suggested that species were better defined by the types of selection they underwent, or by their ecological niche.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adaptive radiation is the process by which one species evolves into two or more species. This occurs as a result of different populations becoming reproductively isolated from each other, usually by adapting to different environments.

Detailed explanation-4: -The biological species concept states that a species is a group of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

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