Which of the following is an example of homoplasy?

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Homoplasy refers to a trait shared by a set of species but not present in their common ancestor, often due to convergent evolution or evolutionary reversals. Cell walls in plants and fungi are an example of homoplasy because, despite both having cell walls, the composition and evolutionary origin of these structures are different (cellulose in plants and chitin in fungi), indicating they did not inherit this trait from a common ancestor.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Homoplasy