Reason of diversity in living beings : -

129 2001 AIPMT EvolutionEvolution and Diversity Easy
Reason of diversity in living beings : -
A Mutation
B Long term evolutionary change
C Gradual change
D Short term evolutionary change

Detailed Solution

The great diversity of living organisms arose gradually over a very long time (about 3.5 billion years) through the accumulation of variations and natural selection.
Mutation is only one source of variation; single short-term changes cannot produce such large diversity.
So the reason for diversity in living beings is long term evolutionary change.

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