The wings of bats and birds, the flippers of whale and the fins of fish are examples of
adaptive radiation
vestigial organs
continuous variation
convergent evolution
divergent evolution.
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The answer is convergent evolution since they are not from the same ancestral home but came to converge in their functions....
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D. convergent evolution.
The wings of bats, birds, the flippers of whales, and the fins of fish are all examples of structures that have evolved independently in different groups of animals, but serve similar functions. This is known as convergent evolution, where unrelated organisms evolve similar structures or functions due to similar selection pressures. In this case, the ability to fly, swim, or move through the water efficiently, respectively, has led to the development of these similar structures.
Adaptive radiation refers to the diversification of a single species into multiple different species over a relatively short period of time, while vestigial organs are structures that have lost their original function over the course of evolution. Continuous variation refers to the range of phenotypic variation that exists in a population, while divergent evolution refers to the process by which a single group of organisms diverges into two or more distinct species or lineages.
correct ans is D becos eg of convergent evolution are wings of birds qnd bat etc then common eg of divergent evolution is darwin finches
The answer should be D..... divergent evolution just imply with common ancestor and not similar trait with similar functions of different species.
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