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The North American Flying Squirrel and the Draco Lizard of Southeast

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The North American flying squirrel and the Draco lizard of Southeast Asia have both evolved a membrane between their limbs that allows them to glide between trees in their habitats.  Given that the species are distantly related, which of the following patterns of evolution would explain the development of this anatomical structure in both organisms?Parallel evolutionDivergent evolutionConvergent evolution


A) I only
B) II only
C) III only
D) I and II only

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