NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Structures that are very different in structure or anatomy but have similar functions such as the wings of a bird and a butterfly.
A
Vestigial Structures
B
Homologous Structures
C
Analogous Structures
D
Cladogram
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Surprisingly, though bird and bat wings are analogous as wings, as forelimbs they are homologous. Birds and bats are known to have not inherited their wings from a common ancestor who were with wings, but they did inherit forelimbs from a common ancestor with forelimbs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Butterfly and bird wings, on the other hand, are analogous and do not meet any of the criteria. Analogous structures may look similar on the surface, but since their similarity is due to convergence rather than common ancestry, analogous structures generally don’t meet all of the criteria above.

Detailed explanation-3: -The wings of a bird and of an insect are analogous organs. Both of these species have wings that they use for flight and yet their wings came from dissimilar ancestral origins.

Detailed explanation-4: -The wing of a bird and a butterfly wing are analogous structures, whereby the organisms do not share a common ancestral history. Birds and butterflies adapted to their changing environments and converged for a common function-flight-the only similar evolutionary process observed in both species.

Detailed explanation-5: -No, wing of bat and wings of butterfly should not be considered as homologous organs because they have different structure and origin but have the same function of flying so they are analogous organs.

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