Biology, asked by arjunmalli001, 1 year ago

though organs of different organisms have more similarities in the shapes of organs they need not be evolved from common ancestors.

SnehaAwasthi: Hey friend, your statement needs modification.

SnehaAwasthi: It should be - though organs of different organisms perform similar function they need not evolve from a common ancestor.

SnehaAwasthi: An example you can take :— the wing of a bird and that of a fly perform similar function (flying) but they are not evolved from a common ancestor as the wing of a bird are feathers covering their arms whereas the wing of a fly is simply a thin membrane.

SnehaAwasthi: This is what is called an anologous characteristic and such organs i.e. wings of bird and fly are known as anologous organs.

Answers

Answered by SananKachhot

actually.... i gotcha what u mean to ask....... yepp.... answer is analogous organ...
hope u gotcha

Answered by theking20

Answer: Analogous organs

Explanation:

Analogous organs are those organs which show similarity in their function but they are not identical and do not have common origin.

Such organs have different evolutionary origin but same function. Taking the example of wings of birds and the wings of a bat.

Although the wings of bat and wings of birds has the similar function of helping them in flying but when we take a look at their structure Wings of both birds and bat are structurally different.

In birds, their wings have feathers on them, whereas in bats, their wings are thin membrane like with prsence of bodily hair.

Another example that is good for analogous organs is that of potato and sweet potato. Both serve as food storage items but potato is a modified stem and sweet potato is a root and also structurally both are different.

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