Question

Choose the wrong statement

• A. Louis Pasteur demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life
• B. S.L. Miller observed that electric discharge in a flask containing CH${}_4$, H${}_2$, NH${}_3$ and water vapour at 800 °C formed amino acids
• C. Flippers of penguins and dolphins are examples for homology
• D. Homology indicates common ancestry
• E. Analogous structures are the result of convergent evolution

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Flippers of penguins and dolphins are examples of analogy and represent convergent evolution. Penguins are birds while dolphins are mammals. Flippers in both of them aid in swimming. Similar habitat has resulted in selection of similar adaptive features in different group of organisms having the same function.