MCQ
Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show:
  • A
    Atavism
  • B
    Mutation
  • C
    Divergent evolution
  • D
    Convergent evolution

Answer

  1. Convergent evolution

Explanation:

Wings of pigeon, mosquito, and bat perform the same function (flying) but have evolved from separate ancestral populations.

This similarity developed in distantly related groups as an adaptation for the same function is called convergent evolution.

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