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Question
What is common to whale, seal and shark?
Options
A.Thick subcutaneous fat
B.Convergent evolution
C.Homoiothermy
D.Seasonal migration
Solution
Sol.(b) [Key Concept: Convergent Evolution — Whale, Seal & Shark] Convergent evolution is common to whale, seal, and shark. These organisms have independently evolved similar streamlined body shapes, flippers/fins adapted for swimming — despite having very different evolutionary origins (whale and seal are mammals; shark is a fish). The analogous organs they share are due to similar selective pressures from aquatic habitat.
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