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Presence of gills in the tadpole of frog indicates that
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Options:
  • A fishes were amphibious in the past
  • B fishes evolved from frog-like ancestors
  • C frogs will have gills in future
  • D frogs evolved from gilled ancestors
Solution:
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The correct answer is: frogs evolved from gilled ancestors
Amphibians have moved onto terrestrial habitat, but they still need to go back to water for reproduction. The presence of gills in tadpoles indicates that fishes could be their ancestors. Fishes are completely aquatic, so the other three options are incorrect.

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