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Darwin’s finches represent one of the best examples of adaptive radiation because

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a

the beak in all species is an extension of jawbones covered by rhamphotheca 

b

the beaks of all the species are adapted to seed-eating

c

all the Darwin’s finches are endemic to Galapagos Islands

d

from the original seed-eating features, many other forms with altered beaks arose

answer is A.

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Adaptive radiation is the evolutionary process by which a single ancestral species diversifies into a variety of different species, each of which is adapted to a particular ecological niche or environment. Darwin’s finches represent one of the best examples of adaptive radiation because from the original seed-eating features, many other forms with altered beaks arose.

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