NEET 2026 Biology question

Adaptive radiation in placental mammals and Australian Marsupials leading to similarity between distant species is an example of .

(1)divergent evolution
(2)convergent evolutionCorrect
(3)founder effect
(4)genetic drift

Answer: (2)

Solution

In Australia, marsupials radiated into forms resembling placental mammals of other continents (e.g. marsupial mole and placental mole, Tasmanian wolf and wolf). When different adaptive radiations in isolated areas produce similar-looking

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