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Describe one example of adaptive radiation.

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(i) Adaptive rediation : It is the process of divergent evolution is which members of the same ancetral species of a large taxonomic group are evolved along different lines in different habitas of the same geographical area.
(ii) Example : (a) Darwing finches on Galapagos islands
Metatherians in Australian region
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