What may have occurred to prevent species that are of the same grade from also belonging to the same clade?
A)similar structures arising independently in different lineages
B)convergent evolution among different lineages
C)adaptation by different lineages to the same selective pressures
D)A and B only
E)A, B, and C

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Species of the same grade may not belong to the same clade due to convergent evolution, where similar structures arise independently in different lineages as adaptations to similar selective pressures.

What May Have Occurred to Prevent Species That Are of the Same