Evolution Question 95
95. Evolutionary convergence is development of
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(a) common set of characters in group of different ancestry
(b) dissimilar characters in closely related groups
(c) common set of characters in closely related groups
(d) random mating.
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Answer : a
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(a) Evolutionary convergence is a type of evolutionary pattern in which unrelated organisms/different species develop common set of characters / adaptive functional structures (analogous structures). They do not share common ancestor, related to one another in only the most distant sense.
