Adaptive radiation (Evolution)
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Name (Hebrew)
קרינה מסתגלת (אבולוציה)
Name (Latin)
Adaptive radiation (Evolution)
Name (Arabic)
تشعب تكيفي
Other forms of name
Cladogenesis
Radiation, Adaptive (Evolution)
See Also From tracing topical name
Adaptation (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
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MARC
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Q216818
Library of congress:
sh2009008132
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Losos, J.B. Lizards in an evolutionary tree : ecology and adaptive radiation of anoles, 2009p. 205 ("Adaptive radiation is the evolutionary divergence of members of a clade to adapt to the environment in a variety of diffrent ways; the concept is important to evolutionaly biology and biodiversity studies")
- Dict. of biology, Oxford, online Sept. 18, 2009(evolution from one species of animals or plants of a number of different forms; as the original population increases in size it spreads out from its centre of origin to exploit new habitats and food sources; results in a number of populations each adapted to its particular habitat: eventually these populations will differ from each other sufficiently to become new species)
- Dict. of Zoology, Oxford, online Sept. 18, 2009(1. A burst of evolution, with rapid divergence from a single ancestral form, that results from the exploitation of an array of habitats; the term is applied at many taxonomic levels; the radiation of Darwin's finches in the Galpagos Islands resulted in a proliferation of species; 2. Term used synonymously with cladogenesis by some authors)
- Dictionary.com, Sept. 10, 2009(cladogenesis; noun Biology; evolutionary change by the branching off of new species from common ancestral types)
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Wikipedia description:
In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, alters biotic interactions or opens new environmental niches. Starting with a single ancestor, this process results in the speciation and phenotypic adaptation of an array of species exhibiting different morphological and physiological traits. The prototypical example of adaptive radiation is finch speciation on the Galapagos ("Darwin's finches"), but examples are known from around the world.
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