Darwin's finches are a good example of

Darwin's finches are a good example of
  1. industrial melanism
  2. connecting link
  3. adaptive radiation
  4. convergent evolution

Solution

Darwin's finches are good example of adaptive radiation. It is an evolutionary process starting from a point in a geographical area, giving rise to new species depending upon habitat. Main Darwin finch was in South America, some flew to Galapagos islands and some variations got selected and gave rise to new species.

Asked in: NEET 2010 (Screening)

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