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In adaptive radiations, a single lineage undergoes rapid diversification into multiple ecologically distinct forms, often driven by novel environmental opportunities or the exploitation of unoccupied ...

Adaptive evolution arises when heritable genetic variation confers a fitness advantage under changing environmental or ecological conditions. Central mechanisms include the generation of variation ...