Question
Sweet potato and potato represent a certain type of evolution. Select the correct combination of terms to explain the evolution.
NEET
Zoology
Evolution
2025
NEET 2025
NEET Zoology Question (2025) — Solution
Options
- A. Analogy, convergent
- B. Homology, divergent
- C. Homology, convergent
- D. Analogy, divergent
Answer
A. Analogy, convergent
Step-by-step solution
Sweet potato is a root modification while potato is a stem modification but both of them have same function. Analogous structures are not anatomically similar structures though they perform similar functions. Analogous structures are the result of convergent evolution. - Homologous organs are anatomically similar but they do not perform similar function. Homologous organs are the result of divergent evolution.
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