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Comment on the similarity between the wing of a cockroach and the wing of a bird. What do you infer from the above, with reference to evolution?

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Both having different origin but performs same function (analogy). • Analogy is the result of convergent evolution.
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  4. Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of:

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  5. Palaentological evidences for evolution refer to the :

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  9. Appearance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an example of:

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  10. Evolution of life shows that life forms had a trend of moving from:

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  12. Fossils are generally found in :

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  14. Which type of selection is industrial melanism observed in moth, Bisto...

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  15. The most accepted line of descent in human evolution is :

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  16. Which of the following is an example for link species?

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  17. Match the scientists listed under column 'A' with ideas listed column ...

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  18. In 1953 S. L. Miller created primitive earth conditions in the laborat...

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  19. Variations during mutations of meiotic recombinations are

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