Over time, a species of salamander loses an established characteristic and instead evolves a characteristic of its ancestral species. This is an example of Blank______.Multiple choice question.oscillating selectiondivergent evolutionevolutionary reversalconvergent evolution

The not uncommon occurrence of Blank______ in natural settings of weakens the biological species concept.Multiple choice question.adaptationhybridizationnatural selectionmutation

Replication through reproduction, traits variations, and selection are the phenomena that result in Blank______.Multiple choice question.ecosystem disturbancesregime shiftsevolution

When a population of a species becomes more adapted to its environment, developing specialized or distinctive traits, it eventually differentiates entirely from the original species, resulting in Blank______.Multiple choice question.endemismgeographical isolationspeciationcoevolution

Which pattern of evolution results in one species splitting into many over time?Group of answer choicesconvergent evolutionsexual selectiondivergent evolutioncoevolution

A common criticism of evolution is that selection only produces Blank______ changes and cannot produce the variety of Blank______ documented in the fossil record.Multiple choice question.minor; breedsminor; speciessubstantial; extinctionssubstantial; breeds