LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A body, organ, or bone that is still present but no longer useful to the organism is ____
A
Homologous Structure
B
Vestigial Structure
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vestigial organs are organs, tissues or cells in a body which are no more functional the way they were in their ancestral form of the trait. It is authentication of evolution and hence, were helpful in explaining adaptation. Such a structure can arise due to gene mutation which causes a change in the proteins.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vestigial organs are rudimentary anatomical structures that are retained in a species despite having lost their primary ancestral function. These structures often lack an apparent purpose, in contrast to the full functionality of these organs observed in closely related and ancestral species.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vestigial structures are often called vestigial organs, although many of them are not actually organs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vestigial structures are anatomical structures of organisms in a species which are considered to have lost much or all of their original function through evolution. These structures are typically in a degenerate, atrophied, or rudimentary condition or form.

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