OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS
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Question
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which is least likely to show common ancestry
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homologous structures
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vestigial structures
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DNA
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Analogous Structures
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Analogous structures have different ancestry, but the same function. These can be thought of in terms of the literary device of “analogy, ‘’ where two different things are compared based on their similarities. Homologous structures have the same ancestry, but may no longer serve the same function.
Detailed explanation-2: -Analogous structures are structures that are similar in unrelated organisms. The structures are similar because they evolved to do the same job, not because they were inherited from a common ancestor.
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