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An ancient hybridization event caused by the refilling of Lake Victoria rapidly sped up this process in Cichlid fish. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this evolutionary process in which a population splits into two groups that can no longer breed.
ANSWER: speciation
[10h] A species of blind cichlids living in the Congo underwent this phenomenon. This phenomenon is the major driving force of evolution according to Kimura’s neutral theory..
ANSWER: genetic drift [accept bottleneck effect or population bottleneck]
[10m] Cichlids in Lake Victoria underwent this process. This process, which was observed in Darwin’s finches, involves a common ancestor rapidly diversifying into multiple species which occupy available niches.
ANSWER: adaptive radiation [prompt on radiation or evolutionary radiation]
<Science - Biology, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 08

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4115.6188%42%27%

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Basileus II: Electric BoogalooWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience1001020EM
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓618.3383%67%33%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓310.0067%33%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓110.00100%0%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓412.5075%25%25%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓422.50100%75%50%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓36.6767%0%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓412.50100%25%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓320.00100%33%67%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓514.00100%20%20%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓818.7588%63%38%