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Related species have inherited homologous traits from a common ancestor.
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Two species have homologous structures what do these homologous strcutures show about the evolutionary relationship between the two species?
The presence of homologous structures (for example, the bone structure in chimpanzee arms, human arms, and whale flippers) indicates that the species sharing that homologous structure share a common ancestor.
How can you tell that organisms ate members of the same species?
Organisms of the same species will share common traits.
True or False If two modern organisms are distantly related in an evolutionary sense then one should expect that they should share fewer homologous structures than two more closely related organisms?
True, they should share fewer homologous structures than two more closely related organisms.
What is a group of related species are in the same?
A group of closely related species would share the same genus.
What are Structures in different organisms that share a common ancestry?
Homologous structure
Two species are said to be related if they share the?
ancestors
What can you infer about alligators and birds?
Alligators and birds are related and share an ancestor with these traits.
Distantly related species that share similar characteristics?
Chimpanzees
What do homologous structures indicate?
that we share a common ancestor
What are homologous chromosomes and what characteristics do 2 homologous chromosomes share?
Homologous chromosomes have the same shape, size and position of the centromere. They have the same genes in the same order.
What are structures that share a common evolutionary origin called?
Homologous Structures - California LIFE Science Prentice Hall (7th grade)
What term is used to describe structures that come from a common ancestor?
A taxon of closely related species that share a recent common ancestor is a genus.
