-The Three Birds in the Accompanying Figure Look Similar Because

question 31

Multiple Choice

-The three birds in the accompanying figure look similar because of their ____.

• A)shared ancestry only
• B)morphological convergence only
• C)analogous structures only
• D)analogous structures and morphological convergence
• E)shared ancestry and analogous structures

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