The Evolutionary Adaptation by Which Juvenile Features of Predecessor Species

question 25

Multiple Choice

The evolutionary adaptation by which juvenile features of predecessor species become the adult features of descendent species is:

• A) phylogeny.
• B) monotony.
• C) neoteny.
• D) ontogeny.

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