Q. Adaptive radiation in placental mammals and Australian Marsupials leading to similarity between distant species is an example of ____.
A) genetic drift
B) divergent evolution
C) convergent evolution
D) founder effect
Explanation
[Solution from source] Separate adaptive radiations in different lineages producing similar forms (placental wolf and Tasmanian wolf) are convergent evolution. Answer (3).
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