Question

Evolutionary convergence is the development of
(a) Common set of characters in the group of different ancestry
(b) Dissimilar characters in closely related
(c) Common set of characters in closely related groups
(d) Random mating

Answer 1

Hint: Convergent evolution is a type of independent evolution of similar features among the species. It creates analogous structures that aren’t present within the last common ancestor of the groups that perform an identical function.

Complete answer:
Evolutionary convergence is the development of a common set of characters in a group of different ancestry. The phenotypic change in the morphology implies that the modification of the existing development till pathways and reactivation of ancestral pathways. The modification of existing pathways and the development and pathways do not imply the irreversibility of the previous or ancestral developmental pathways and gene products which are involved in these pathways that are present to date and cannot be changed functionally. The demarcation of cognition helps in the evolutionary patterns of cognitive convergence which is used as an equivalent of dissociation cognition from the mental context.
 Birds, insects, and bats have undergone recurrent flight evolution and have come forward with the useful capacity of flight independently. When different species live in an identical way the analogous traits arise and face some environmental factors while occupying similar sorts of ecological niches that cause similar solutions. The higher levels consist of the convergent patterns in a phylogenetic reconstruction which gets explicitly sought by investigators and depends on the pattern-based or process-based convergence that is expected.

So, the correct answer is 'Common set of characters in the group of different ancestry'.

Note:
The development of similar traits in different organisms occurs because they live in similar habitats and face similar problems for survival, for which they have to develop solutions. In convergent evolution, similar traits develop in different organisms independently. For example, sharks and dolphins are similar but they are entirely different or unrelated.