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Are the wings of a bat and the wings ofa bird an example of convergent evolution?
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∙ 7y ago
Although bats and birds are both vertebrates, they evolved flight separately. Bats move the air with thin skin rather than feathers. And the bones in bat wings reach the wingtip, while birds have short wing bones and long flight feathers..sorry if i havent answered your questions properly im only 12..:) but hopefully you would have learned something
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey're not, bats have 4 bones and skin in between whilst birds have hollow bones and feathers.
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∙ 9y agoThe wing is a classic example of convergent evolution in action. Although their last common ancestor did not have wings, birds and bats do.
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∙ 8y agoYes. In both bats and birds the forelimbs have evolved into wings fore use in powered flight.
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What is the similarity among forearm in amphibians reptiles birds and mammals is an example of?
They all have the same bones, albeit evolved to suit different needs.
Frogs Ducks and Otters an amphibian bird and mammal all have webbed feet this is an example of what type of evolution?
This is 'convergent evolution', where completely different, unrelated organisms develop a similar feature.
Definition of analogous structures?
An analogous structure is a structure that has a similar function but different components. For example, the wings of a butterfly verses those of a bird. In both cases, the function is flight, but the wings are build differently.
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.
Are seals and penguins divergent or convergent evolution?
divergent, as both are fish but seals appear like a mammal and a penguin a bird.
The bird has brown spots on its wings is an example of what?
An Observation
What is an explanation of why bird wings and reptile forelegs are evidence of evolution?
Homologous structures indicate a common ancestor
Is a shape of a bird's beak an example of biodiversity?
yes and also an example of evolution
The bird has brown spots on its wings is an example of an inference?
observation not inference
What are similar structures that evolved independently called?
Similar structures that have evolved independently are called homologous structures. An example would be the wings of a bird and the wings of an insect.
How is convergent evolution related to niche?
Well, convergent evolution is the acquiring of similar characteristics and unrelated lineages (such as a bird and butterfly both having wings), and is related to niche because a similar niche allows a similar adaptation to form to accomplish that niche.For example,The Australian honey possumacquired a long tongue for taking nectar from flowers, a structure similar to that ofbutterflies, some moths, and hummingbirds, and used to accomplish the very same task.
How does the bird got their wings?
A bird has got its wings thanks to the evolution, life started in the sees and pools and found his way to the land, it's likely that the organisms who lived on land in someway splitted in another group for flying animals. in the years after that wings have developed furtherlike they're now in most of the birds :)
