The Islands of Hawaii Lie Approximately 3200 Km from the Nearest

Multiple Choice

The islands of Hawaii lie approximately 3200 km from the nearest continent and so have been geographically isolated for most of their history. Nearly 800 species of fruit flies have been discovered on these islands, and molecular and anatomical data suggest that the vast majority of these species arose from a single ancestral species that colonized the Hawaiian Islands from eastern Asia. The divergence into multiple different species is an example of __________.

A) adaptive radiation
B) sexual selection
C) coevolution
D) migration