The answer is; Biodiversity resulting from few ancestors
Adaptive radiation occurs when a population is subjected to a large natural environment with spatial ecological variations. The parts of the population in the different ecologies begin to adapt to their local environments. Due to non-random mating across the large populations, this causes the different populations from the large population to speciate within their local environments. They, therefore, diverge to different species sharing a common ancestor.
The clade which is most likely to survive a series of catastrophic events over time is D. a clade with many distantly related and diverse species.
This is because this will ensure they survive given that they are so different, yet closely related.
<span>Cytoplasm!
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Genotype and the environment both can affect a phenotype.
Phenotype= a physical feature resulting from a certain genotype.
For example, let's say a person born with a genotype pp has the phenotype: pale skin. However, if they live in a sunny environment, then the melanin in their skin will increase over time changing their phenotype to tan skin. Does that make sense as to how both factors can impact phenotype?
Answer: erosion
Erosion is the process of removal and displacement of surface soil particles by the effect of wind, water or chemical agent. The sediments due to the effect of these agents gets displaced to locations other than the one where their parent rock or soil originated. A sand dune can be defined as the accumulation of grained sized sand into the shape of ridge by the effect of wind under the influence of gravitational force exerted by the earth. Dunes are formed when the loose sand is blown by wind. Therefore, sand dune is the erosion of sand by wind. Sand dunes are formed in deserts, beaches, barren fields and semiarid regions.
