Snakes,which lack limbs,evolved from vertebrates that had legs.The limbs of snakes disappeared by _______ and the backbones of snakes are a _______.
A) convergent evolution;synapomorphy
B) an evolutionary reversal;synapomorphy
C) convergent evolution;homoplastic trait
D) an evolutionary reversal;homoplastic trait
E) an evolutionary reversal;heteroplastic trait
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