NEETZoologyEvolution
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Australian marsupials are an example of adaptive radiation. Reason: They evolved from an ancestral stock within the Australian continent.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
a number of marsupials, each different from the other, evolved from an ancestral stock, but all within the Australian island continent," demonstrating adaptive radiation.