The wide diversity of arthropod body plans can be attributed

The wide diversity of arthropod body plans can be attributed to:

Question 8 options:

flexibility in metabolism that lets them use a variety of carbon and energy sources

small body sizes that allow individuals to colonize many habitats

mutations in genes that regulate the development of limbs, mouthparts, etc.

acquisition of mitochondria through endosymbiosis of proteobacteria

Solution

The wide diversity of arthropod body plans can be attributed to : mutations in genes that regulate the development of limbs ,mouthparts etc.