Darwin's study of feeding patterns in galapagos finches was one of the cornerstones of our understanding of adaptation and evolution. the results of that study don't apply just to finches however, but to birds of all shapes and sizes. why is beak morphology so important to birds?
a. different species of birds can divide ecological spaces between them my matching the morphology to the food source.
b. most birds are strict herbivores so they can each feed on different types of plants depending on food availability.
c. the beak of most birds is integral to interspecies communication and differentiation
d. much like hindlimb morphology, beaks vary to allow different locomotory lifestyles
e. all of the above are correct

a. different species of birds can divide ecological spaces between them my matching the morphology to the food source.

Explanation:

Beak morphology allows the birds to select the suitable food type. The various species of Galapagos finches differ from each other in beak shape and size irrespective of their origin from common seed-eating stock.

The modification of beak shape and size into several directions allowed the finches to occupy the available empty ecological niches with respect to food types.

Diversification also reduced the competition between them and allowed the finches to colonize various ecological niches in accordance with their respective beak morphology.

you are certainly talking about this picture:

a: is the label of the white square, it is showing the  replication fork, formed by helicase (d) ==> so it is the site of dna separation and replication 

b: is a new dna brand that is following directly the replication fork, so it is continuous ==> built continuously from 5' to 3

c: dna polymerase cannot replicate dna on its own, it needs the of their proteins, and one of them plays the role of a clamp which fixes  the dna with the dna template and increases  the processivity of the enzyme. ==>   stops polymerase from falling off the  template.

d: is the enzyme responsible for forming the replication fork (helicase) ==> unwinds and separates dna into two strands

e: is the delayed strand, it is built  in the opposite sense of the helicase, so dna will be built in fragments ==> built  fragments from 5' to 3 joins

and finally f: is the enzyme that builds  the new dna strand (dna polymerase) ==>   adds nucleotides to make a new dna helix.

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