Marsupials are a very ancestral form of mammal, evolving before placental mammals over 70 million years ago. Today Australian marsupials can be compared to placental mammals on other continents.Australian marsupial kangaroos and placental deer graze on grass with similar teeth. These species have
A. undergone convergent evolution.
B. undergone heterozygote advantage.
C. developed homologous structures.
D. undergone selective advantage.
E. undergone divergent evolution.
Answer: A
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