Development of similar adaptive functional structural features in an unrelated group of organism is called

  • A

    Convergent evolution

  • B

    Adaptive convergence

  • C

    Both $(a)$ and $(b)$

  • D

    Evolution

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$A$ : Spotted cuscus and marsupial mole are the examples of marsupial radiation.
$R$ : Both are found in Australian region.

Darwin’s finches are a good example of

  • [AIPMT 2010]

Darwin's finches discovered from the Galapagos

Assertion : Darwin's finches show a variety of beaks suited for eating large seeds, flying insects and cactus seeds.

Reason : Ancestral seed-eating stock of Darwin's finches radiated out from South American mainland to different geographical areas of the Galapagos Islands, where they found competitor-free new habitats.

  • [AIIMS 2005]

An evolutionary process, giving rise to new species adapting to new habitat and ways of life is called