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What are connecting links ?

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The organisms which possess the characters of two different groups (transitional stage) are called connecting links. Example Peripatus (connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda) Anhaeopteryx (conneccting link between Reptiles and Aves).
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    A
    Fishes & amphibians
    B
    Reptiles & birds
    C
    Aves & fishes
    D
    Arthropoda & annelids

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