The honeycreepers are a group of Hawaiian birds with many different species that all evolved from a single species that migrated from the Americas. Of which pattern of evolution is the speciation of the honeycreepers most likely to be an example?
a) autopolyploidy
b) allopolyploidy
c) adaptive radiation
d) convergent radiation
e) convergent evolution
Answer: c) adaptive radiation
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