In this case, c) mimicry is the answer. In Batesian mimicry in which harmless animals mimic toxic animals. In this case, I assume the milk snake is harmless and the coral snake is venomous. Since the milk snake has a trait similar to deadly coral snake, less animals would eat it thinking it is dangerous. Over time all the milk snake that look like the deadly coral snake would survive leading to evolution by natural selection. This would lead to more and more milk snake mimicking the resemblance of the deadly coral snake.
a) The deadly coral snake has a warning color adaptive radiation. If the question had described the environment and how the snaked adapted to the environment via warning coloration. This would've been correct.
b) cryptic coloration is more about camouflage with the environment. If the question had state how a certain feature help one of the animals blend into the background. This would've been correct.
d) I'm not sure whats different between this and a so i'll consider them both the same.
Answer: The utilization of different resources requires different adaptations, selecting for different traits.
Explanation:
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Birds with larger beaks were better able to utilize the large seeds.
DNA analysis shows that their DNA is almost identical with only minor changes.
The diversity in environments on each island provides many opportunities to study how related organisms have adapted over time.
Scientists observe the frequency of the different forms of the gene and how it changes in response to the environment.
