What Is Life? 2nd Edition by Jay Phelan

Exercise 17

Which of the following scenarios would best facilitate adaptive radiation?
A) A population of birds native to an island archipelago is forced to relocate to the mainland by a storm.
B) A population of cheetahs goes through an event in which all genetic diversity in the population is wiped out.
C) Darker-colored moths have a selective advantage over lighter-colored moths due to industrial soot on trees.
D) A population of birds becomes stranded on an island archipelago.
E) All of the above would facilitate adaptive radiation equally.