Genetic variation is when there are many offspring with different genetics, therefore some offspring might be able to adapt due to its genetics
Symbiotic Relationship.
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Answer: Option E (B and D are the only examples.
Mediterranean ecosystem with hot dry summer and fire can be found on various continents across the globe. Plants in these ecosystem have evolve similar adaptations to survive these circumstances.
Echidnas are egg laying mammals that live in Australia and new Guinea. They are sometimes known as spiny anteaters since they are covered in spines and mostly eat ants and termites. As such they resemble south American anteaters and hedgehogs but are not closely related to them. Instead echidnas descended from an aquatic platypus like ancestor.
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Divergent evolution is a process where different organisms with different anscetors evolve independently and develop similar traits due to their adaptation to similar environment.
Another example is the similarities between hummingbird and hummingbird moth, the evolved from different ancestors and yet posses similar characteristics.
According to science writer Clare Smith for SeattlePi, the cell membrane<span> is kept from</span>collapsing<span> by its phospholipid bilayer, maintenance of the correct temperature, a cytoskeleton and </span>cell<span> junctions. These are necessary because the </span>cell membrane<span> is one of the most crucial components of a </span>cell<span>. Hope it helped!</span>