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NEET2022ZoologyEvolutionActual

Which of the following statements is not true ?

Options

  1. ASweet potato and potato is an example of analogy
  2. BHomology indicates common ancestry
  3. CFlippers of penguins and dolphins are a pair of homologous organs
  4. DAnalogous structures are a result of convergent evolution

Correct answer

C. Flippers of penguins and dolphins are a pair of homologous organs

Step-by-step solution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in different and un-related species. Homology is based on divergent evolution whereas analogy/analogous structures are a result of convergent evolution. Analogous organs have different structures, but they evolve for the same function and thus have similarity. For examples, the eye of the octopus and of mammals or the flippers of Penguins and Dolphins.

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