Do Similar Traits Arise Independently in Species That Are Only

Multiple Choice

Do similar traits arise independently in species that are only distantly related?

A) There is little evidence to suggest that similar traits arise independently.
B) Independently evolved traits subjected to similar selection pressures may become superficially similar, a phenomenon called convergent evolution.
C) All similar traits have a common ancestor origin.
D) A trait may revert from a derived state back to an ancestral state in an event called an evolutionary reversal.
E) Both b and d