Whale (mammalian) fins and shark (non-mammalian) fins: • A. are facultative adaptations resulting from similar environmental experiences. • B. are probably built by the same genes. • C. All of these options are true. • D. were inherited from their recent common ancestor. • E. are similar due to convergent evolution.
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