The sea dragon is a fish that looks and acts like kelp in order to attract its food. A researcher proposes that this is due to a genetic modification that expands smaller appendages already present in these fish's ancestors. What type of explanation is this?

a. functional
b. evolutionary
c. ontogenetic
d. biological

b

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