The Ability to Digest Lactose into Adulthood Results from Either

question 147

Multiple Choice

The ability to digest lactose into adulthood results from either of two separate mutations that evolved independently of each other in different human populations. These two mutations are an example of:

• A)convergent evolution.
• B)a homology.
• C)an analogy.
• D)an ancestral character.
• E)coevolution.

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