Dog breeds and evolution

[cypriottiger]

ok the question is from lisachem 2005, and follows:
Figure 2 shows several breeds of dog that have been domesticated from wolves (pic is just several dog breeds)
The breeds of dog shown are the result of:
A divergent evolution
B adaptive radiation
C artificial selection
D gene cloning





I chose A just thinking of all the choices they'd given me it was the best option. answer is C which i find arguable seeing as selective breeding of certain dogs only began about 100 years ago, so how is it relevant to evolution from a wolf ancestor? i even disagree with my answer A because dog breeds are not of different species as they can interbreed, so what is the best answer of this/method of solving?

[happyhappyland]

Wouldnt it be C because divergent evolution suggest speciation has occured

[shivesh.varmaxD]

It looks like the keyword in the stem was 'domesticated' which was supposed to lead you to artificial selection.
Probably not the strongest question in my opinion.