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Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show

A

Atavism

B

Mutation

C

Divergent evolution

D

Convergent evolution

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D

Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat perform same function (flying) but have evolved from separate ancestral population. This similarity developed in distantly related groups as an adaptation for same function is called convergent evolution.
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