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What does analogy refer to in evolutionary terms?

Options

  1. ASimilar anatomical structures due to common ancestry
  2. BDifferent structures evolving for similar functions
  3. CSimilar functions due to different evolutionary origins
  4. DStructures that have no evolutionary significance

Correct answer

B. Different structures evolving for similar functions

Step-by-step solution

Analogy refers to different structures that evolve to perform similar functions, resulting from convergent evolution. Wings of butterfly and of birds look alike. They are not anatomically similar structures though they perform similar functions. Hence, analogous structures are a result of convergent evolution - different structures evolving for the same function and hence having similarity. Other examples of analogy are the eye of the octopus and of mammals or the flippers of Penguins and Dolphins. One can say that

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