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Birds and bats are homoplasious because they are similar, but not derived from a common ancestor. An example of homologous structures is a man's arm and a cow's foreleg. They are anatomically similar but have different functions.

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Wings in both birds and bats are considered homologous structures. They have a similar function (flight) but different evolutionary origins – birds have wings made of feathers while bats have wings made of skin stretched between elongated finger bones.

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What term describes the relationship of arm bones of humans lizards birds and bats?

Homologous structures.


Are the wings of birds and the wings of bats homologous or analogous structures?

They are both. They are homologous because they are both examples of a vertebrate forelimb. They are analogous because they were adapted for flight independently of one another.


How are bats and frogs alike?

they are both homologous structures


Is a wing of a bird homologous to the wing of a cat?

In biology, homologous structures are defined as structures which serve the same purposes because they evolved from the same source (divergent evolution), the opposite of analogous structures, which serve the same purpose but evolved through convergent evolution. Birds' wings and bats' wings are both homologous and analogous. As wings, the two are analogous, but as forelimbs, the two are homologous.


The wing of a bat and the foreleg of an alligator are?

Homologous structures are those that have similar looks based upon a common ancestry. THE ANSWER IS HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES!!! On the other hand, analogous structures are structures that have the same function. Bats fly, but alligators walk.


Compare homologous and analogous structures?

Homologous structures are similar in structure but different in function, indicating shared ancestry (such as the bones in the limbs of humans and bats). Analogous structures have similar functions but different origins, suggesting convergent evolution (like the wings of birds and insects).


The forelimbs of mice bats and whales all have a similar bone structure The similarities are an example of which type of structure?

homologous structures


How can a bats wing be considered a homologous structure and an analogous?

They are homologous in the sense that all tetrapods share that forelimb structure. They are analogous because both bats and birds adapted flight to their local environmental conditions. One being a mammal, that has the finger extension type wing and one being aves with the full forelimb extending the wing. They have the flight in common, but not the structures, so are analogous. They have an ancestral condition leading to the similarity of forelimb structure and so are homologous.


What is a Homologouse structure?

In the diploid cell nucleus there are homologous chromosomes. During meiosis homologous chromosomes pair each other and bring about crossing over to inter change genetic material. This is how new combination of genes are created in the male and female gametes.


What is the difference between a homologous structure and a analogous structure?

Homologous structures are different forms of animal anatomy which have come from the some origin (a common ancestor), these can be extremely different in appearance and function. For example a bats wing, a seals flipper and a human arm all have common bone and muscle structures suggesting that they all derived from a common ancestor. Vestigial structures are parts of the anatomy which have lost their original function through the evolutionary process and no longer obtain a major functional role in that animals life. For example in human the appendix's original function was to break down cellulose in plant material, other vestigial functions in humans include the coccyx (tailbone) and ear muscles.


What are 2 BIG differences between bats and brids?

Bats are mammals, birds are not. Birds lay eggs, bats do not.


Is the human forelimb a homologous structure?

yes its homologous to a bats wing