Question

You are a scientist who notices great similarity between the spines of a hedgehog and the spines of a porcupine. When you study their genetics, however, you notice that the set of genes that code for hedgehog spines is a different set of genes than the set that codes for porcupine spines. You decide this must be an example of:

a. convergent evolution
b. divergent evolution
c. coalescent evolution
d. unifying evolution

Answer 1

Divergent evolution

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason it is divergent is because they came from the same animal before their evolution took separate ways.