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Herbivory (plant-eating) has evolved repeatedly in
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Herbivory (plant-eating) has evolved repeatedly in insects, typically from meat-eating or detritus-feeding ancestors (detritus is dead organic matter). Moths and butterflies, for example, eat plants. whereas their "sister group" (the insect group to which they are most closely related), the caddisflies. feed on animals, fungi, or detritus. As illustrated in the phylogenetic tree below, the combined moth/butterfly and caddisfly group shares a common ancestor with flies and fleas. like caddisflies. flies and fleas are thought to have evolved from ancestors that did not eat plants. There are 140,000 species ofmoths and butterflies and 7,000 species of caddisflies. State a hypothesis about the impact of herbivory on adaptive radiations in insects. How could this hypothesis be tested?
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Herbivory (plant-eating) has evolved repeatedly in insects, typically from meat-eating or detritus-feeding ancestors (detritus is dead organic matter). Moths and butterflies, for example, eat plants. whereas their "sister group" (the insect group to which they are most closely related), the caddisflies. feed on animals, fungi, or detritus. As illustrated in the phylogenetic tree below, the combined moth/butterfly and caddisfly group shares a common ancestor with flies and fleas. like caddisflies. flies and fleas are thought to have evolved from ancestors that did not eat plants. There are 140,000 species ofmoths and butterflies and 7,000 species of caddisflies. State a hypothesis about the impact of herbivory on adaptive radiations in insects. How could this hypothesis be tested?
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Herbivory (plant-eating) has evolved repeatedly in insects, typically from meat-eating or detritus-feeding ancestors (detritus is dead organic matter). Moths and butterflies, for example, eat plants. whereas their "sister group" (the insect group to which they are most closely related), the caddisflies. feed on animals, fungi, or detritus. As illustrated in the phylogenetic tree below, the combined moth/butterfly and caddisfly group shares a common ancestor with flies and fleas. like caddisflies. flies and fleas are thought to have evolved from ancestors that did not eat plants. There are 140,000 species of moths and butterflies and 7,000 species of caddisflies. State a hypothesis about the impact of herbivory on adaptive radiations in insects. How could this hypothesis be tested?
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Adaptive radiation in evolutionary biology is the term used for organisms who diversify rapidly from a common organism and lead to new species' formation.