Cengage Advantage Books: Biology: The Dynamic Science, Loose-leaf Version
Cengage Advantage Books: Biology: The Dynamic Science, Loose-leaf Version
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
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The occurrence of the first major adaptive radiation of animals.

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A number of species living on earth changed over time because organisms were isolated on different land masses and seas as a result of adaptive radiation. Adaptive radiation is defined as the production of a cluster of closely related species due to rapid speciation that occupies different habitats or consumes different foods.

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