The Living World Question 230
Question: Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show [AIIMS 1999]
Options:
A) Atavism
B) Mutation
C) Divergent evolution
D) Convergent evolution
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat perform same function (flying) but have evolved from separate ancestral populations.
This similarity developed in distantly related groups as an adaptation for same function is called convergent evolution.
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