You Are a Scientist Who Notices Great Similarity Between the Spines

question 106

Multiple Choice

You are a scientist who notices great similarity between the spines of a hedgehog and the spines of a porcupine.When you study their genetics,however,you notice that the set of genes that code for hedgehog spines is a different set of genes than the set that codes for porcupine spines.You decide this must be an example of

• A) convergent evolution.
• B) divergent evolution.
• C) coalescent evolution.
• D) unifying evolution.
• E) symbiotic evolution.

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