AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    Wings of pigeon, bat and mosquito shows

    A) atavism             

    B) convergent evolution

    C) divergent evolution   

    D) mutation

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Wings of pigeon, bat and mosquito perform same function (flying) but have evolved from separate ancestral populations. This similarity developed in distantly related groups as an adaptation for same function is called convergent evolution.


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