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(A) Adaptive radiation is the process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and literally radiating to

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(A) Adaptive radiation is the process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and literally radiating to other areas of geography (habitats). Australian marsupials exhibit adaptive radiation,where a number of marsupials,each different from the other,evolved from an ancestral stock within the Australian island continent. When more than one adaptive radiation appeared to have occurred in an isolated geographical area (representing different habitats),one can call this convergent evolution. Placental mammals in Australia also exhibit adaptive radiation in evolving into varieties of such placental mammals each of which appears to be 'similar' to a corresponding marsupial (e.g.,Placental wolf and Tasmanian wolf-marsupial). Lemur is a placental mammal (prosimian primate) and is not part of the Australian marsupial adaptive radiation series,whereas the others (Wolf,Banded anteater,Flying squirrel) have Australian marsupial counterparts (Tasmanian wolf,Numbat,Sugar glider) that are often compared in convergent evolution studies.

Select the odd one out regarding adaptive radiation in Australian marsupials.

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