True or false? Convergent evolution is said to have occurred if the mouse species on two islands with similar habitats are found to have similar characteristics even though they originated from different species.

True or false? Convergent evolution is said to have occurred if the mouse species on two islands with similar habitats are found to have similar characteristics even though they originated from different species.



Answer: True

(Why: Convergent evolution occurs when selective pressures produced by similar conditions (such as habitat) favor the evolution of similar solutions.)


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