Zoology · Evolution
NEET (UG) 2025 — Question 142
Sweet potato and potato represent a certain type of evolution. Select the correct combination of terms to explain the evolution.
- Option A:Correct
Analogy, convergent
- Option B:
Homology, divergent
- Option C:
Homology, convergent
- Option D:
Analogy, divergent
Answer: A
Step-by-step solution
Sweet potato is a modified root and potato is a modified stem, so their storage organs have different evolutionary origins and structures. They perform the same function (storage of food), so they are analogous organs. Analogous organs arise by convergent evolution, in which unrelated organisms evolve similar traits under similar environmental pressures. Hence the correct combination is Analogy, convergent, which corresponds to option A.
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- Exam
- NEET (UG) 2025
- Paper
- 2025 paper
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Evolution
- Topic
- What is Adaptive Radiation