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adaptive radiation

The relatively rapid expansion and diversification of an evolving group of organisms as they adapt to new ecological niches. Adaptive radiation is the process by which one species evolves into two or more species. This occurs as a result of different populations becoming reproductively isolated from each other, usually by adapting to different environments. The branching pattern of evolution resulting from adaptive radiation is known as cladogenesis.

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