NEET Biology question

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

(A)Non-random mating
(B)Adaptive radiation
(C)Natural selection
(D)Convergent evolutionCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Convergent evolution is the development of superficially similar structures in unrelated organisms, usually because the organisms live in the same kind of environment. Examples are the wings of insects and birds and the streamlined bodies of whales and fish. One can say that it is the similar habitat that has resulted

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