Suppose that a type of tree tends to speciate over 10 million years and a species of fly trends to speciate over 1 million years. In the event of a mass extinction, which of the folowing predictions would LIKELY be true?
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It is impossible to determine how many niches or species the trees and flies would lead to over time
The trees would fill more niches and create more species than the flies
The flies would fill more niches and create more species than the trees
They would both lead to the same number of species.
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The flies would fill more niches and create more species than the trees.
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