NEET Biology question

Development of similar adaptive functional structural features in an unrelated group of organism is called

(A)Adaptive radiation
(B)Adaptive convergenceCorrect
(C)Both (a) and (b)
(D)Evolution

Answer: (B)

Solution

Adaptive radiation refers to the divergent evolution of several different forms from a single ancestral lineage, each adapted to a different niche (e.g., Darwin's finches), whereas adaptive convergence (convergent evolution) refers to unrelated groups of organisms independently evolving

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