Adaptive radiation is likely to have led to which of the following?

A. The divergence of a single pea aphid population into two distinct species.
B. The evolution of the horse via changes in climate and food supply.
C. The long period of equilibrium in a bat species in the Mariana Islands.
D. The 1,000 species of Drosophila found dispersed throughout the Hawaiian Islands.


D. The 1,000 species of Drosophila found dispersed throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

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