The image shows two species of lizards. Phrynosoma cornutum (left) is found in North America and Moloch horridus (right) is found in Australia. These species are strikingly similar both in appearance and in behaviour, yet they are very distantly related. M. horridus is more closely related to chameleons than to P. cornutum while P. cornutum is more closely related to iguanas than to M. horridus. Both species live in similar environment (deserts) and have the same diet (ants). Which phenomenon most likely account for their similarities? Batesian mimicry convergent evolution resource partitioning frequenci

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The image shows two species of lizards. Phrynosoma cornutum (left) is found in
North America and Moloch horridus (right) is found in Australia. These species are
strikingly similar both in appearance and in behaviour, yet they are very distantly
related. M. horridus is more closely related to chameleons than to P. cornutum while
P. cornutum is more closely related to iguanas than to M. horridus. Both species live
in similar environment (deserts) and have the same diet (ants). Which phenomenon
most likely account for their similarities?
Batesian mimicry
convergent evolution
resource partitioning
frequency dependent selection
Transcribed Image Text:The image shows two species of lizards. Phrynosoma cornutum (left) is found in North America and Moloch horridus (right) is found in Australia. These species are strikingly similar both in appearance and in behaviour, yet they are very distantly related. M. horridus is more closely related to chameleons than to P. cornutum while P. cornutum is more closely related to iguanas than to M. horridus. Both species live in similar environment (deserts) and have the same diet (ants). Which phenomenon most likely account for their similarities? Batesian mimicry convergent evolution resource partitioning frequency dependent selection
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