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The process by which organisms with different evolutionary history evolve similar phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenge is called `:`

A

(a) Natural selection

B

.(b) Convergent evolution

C

(c) Non-random evolution

D

(d) Adaptive radiation

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.(b) Convergent evolution
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