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Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show

  • divergent evolution

  • atavism

  • convergent evolution

  • all of these

Solution

C.

convergent evolution

Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show convergent evolution. It is the evolutionary process whereby organisms not closely related, independently evolve similar traits to adapt to their environment.

Atavism is the regaining of same structures after a certain gap of few generations.

Divergent evolution is the process where member of a species become more different resulting into new species. Eg, humans bats and whales (pentadactyl limbs).

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