NEET2015ZoologyEvolutionActual
The wings of a bird and the wings of an insect are:
Options
- AAnalogous structures and represent convergent evolution
- BPhylogenetic structures and represent divergent evolution
- CHomologous structures and represent convergent evolution
- DHomologous structures and represent divergent evolution
Correct answer
A. Analogous structures and represent convergent evolution
Step-by-step solution
The structures in different organisms which are not similar anatomically though they perform similar functions are called as analogous organs. Morphologically they may or may not be similar which means that analogous structures may or may not look alike externally. The property of bearing analogous structures is called analogy. The analogous structures do not exhibit common origin. Unlike homology which indicates common ancestry, the analogy does not indicate common ancestry. The wings of butterfly and of birds. Bu