Evolutionary Embryology- Definition, Advent, Theory

Analogous structures

May 17, 2024 | by Bloom Code Studio

Those whose similarity comes from their performing a similar function, rather than their arising from a common ancestor.
For example, the wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bird are analogous.
The two types of wings share a common function (and therefore are both called wings), but the bird wing and insect wing did not arise from an original ancestral structure that became modified through evolution into bird wings and butterfly wings.

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