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What are body structures that look alike and serve a similar function but are not descended from a common ancestor?
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Analogous structures. The process you're describing is called convergent evolution, and characteristics that are a product of convergent evolution are called analogous structures.
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The presences of some similar structures in all vertebrates suggests that these veterbrates are?
descended from a common ancestor
What are similar structures inheirited from an ancestor?
homologous structures
Similar structures that related species have inherited from common ancestor.?
what is Similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor
The structure of the forelimb of a bird is similar in structure to that of the forelimb of a mammal suggesting that both descended from a common ancestor What is this similarity an example of?
Homologous structures - the forelimb structures are anatomically similar and were derived from a common ancestor; however, they have evolved completely different uses. This provides evidence for divergent evolution or adaptive radiation.
Similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor are called structures?
Homologous structures.
What refers to similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?
Homologous structures!
What Similar structures that related species inherited from a common ancestor are?
Homologous structures.
The structure of the forelimb of a bird is similar in structure to that of the forelimb of a mammal suggesting that both descended from a common ancestor. What is this similarity an example of?
Homologous structures - the forelimb structures are anatomically similar and were derived from a common ancestor; however, they have evolved completely different uses. This provides evidence for divergent evolution or adaptive radiation.
Structures that share a common ancestory or a similar because they are modified versions of structures from a common ancestor are?
Homologous structures.
What terms refer to similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?
Homologous structures!
What does similar structures in embryos mean?
the species come from a common ancestor
Structures that share a common ancestry or are similar because they are modified versions of structures from a common ancestor are?
Homologous
