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What structure describes scientists believe human arms and whale flippers were inherited from a common ancestor?
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Homologous
add Perhaps to a human's foot.
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∙ 10y agoHomologous Structures.
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What is the difference between inherited traits and traits that are not inherited?
Traits are abilities that you can receive out of practice, or from an ancestor. Inherited traits are talents that you have naturally inherited by an ancestor.
An example of inherited traits of an insect is?
Some inherited traits that an insect may have are hair color, muscle structure, and wings. An inherited trait is one that comes from a parent or ancestor.
What is it called when body parts inherited from a common ancestor are no longer needed?
you must be talking about a vestigial structure. Like our vestigial "tail".
Similar structures that related species have inherited from common ancestor.?
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What structures have been shared by related species and have been inherited from a common ancestor?
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What difference did scientists discover between today's whales and fossils of their ancestors and how does this show whales and animals with four legs probably descended from a common ancestor?
Bones of whale ancestors showed that whales had hip bones along with legs and hind feet.
What is the evolutionary ancestor ancestor to the fungi?
Scientists have not identified an evolutionary ancestor to fungi.
In whales the pelvis and femur are?
body parts inherited from a distant ancestor that have not disapeared yet.
When two structures of two species are very similar what can scientists infer about both species?
evolved from a common ancestor that also had the structure bg
What is the type of trait shared with a common ancestor?
A trait shared with a common ancestor is called an inherited or ancestral trait.
Lands that can be inherited by the oldest son are called?
patrimony |ˈpatrəˌmōnē|noun ( pl. -nies)property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.
Is ancestor an adjective?
No, it is a noun. The verb form "inherited" could be used as an adjective.
