When similar structures arise indecently in different species, it is called __________________.

A. Convergent evolution
B. Divergent evolution
C. Mutation
D. Vicariance
E. Natural selection


A. Convergent evolution

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Which of the following statements about the electron transport chain is true?

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Plants connected by mycorrhizal fungi:a

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