There are choices for this question namely:
<span>A) genetic bottleneck.
B) sexual selection.
C) habitat differentiation.
D) founder effect.
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The correct answer is founder effect. The definition of founder effect is the loss of genetic variation when a new population is established in a small number of individuals from a larger population. The larger population in the context is the ecosystem in Hawaii before it rose from the sea surface. After it rose above the sea surface, most organisms will not be able to survive in land but there will be a small population that can evolve from there.
4: a species is a group of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups. Process of Speciation. The process of speciation is a 2 stage process in which reproductive isolating mechanisms arise between groups of populations.
Scientists prove their hypothesis is true about Scientists can never "prove" their hypotheses are true, because some future experiment, possibly using new technology not currently available, might show the hypothesis to be false after all.
