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insens350 [35]
3 years ago
8

A period of mass extinction is often followed by ________.

Biology
1 answer:
ololo11 [35]3 years ago
6 0
The answer is diversification. The populace segment of an animal varieties' specialty relates to the conveyance of people crosswise over situations inside an area. As developmental clades of species expand, they apparently fill specialty space, and, thus, the rate of increment in species numbers moderates.
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