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NEET Biology The Living World / जीव जगत Question Bank Evidences of Evolution

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    Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show                   [AIIMS 1999]

    A)            Atavism                                    

    B)            Mutation

    C)            Divergent evolution                

    D)            Convergent evolution

    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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