NEET 2013 Biology question

The process by which organisms with different evolutionary history evolve similar phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenge is called :

(1)Natural selection
(2)Convergent evolutionCorrect
(3)Non-random evolution
(4)Adaptive radiation

Answer: (2)

Solution

Convergent evolution is the development of similar adaptive features (analogous structures) in organisms of different ancestry living under similar environmental conditions, e.g. wings of birds and insects or the eyes of

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