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A.

Homologous Structure
Picture of 2 Organisms Structure that is Tell about their DNA What does it suggest
considered Function Sequence about classifying
homologous organisms?
=In biology, similarity of the
= The wings of the bat Both a bat's wing and a = The human genome is a
human's arm share a similar structure, physiology, or
complete set of nucleic acid
are considered as internal bone structure, even sequences for humans,
development of different
species of organisms based
homologous though they look very encoded as DNA within the upon their descent from a
structure. different externally. The 23 chromosome pairs in common evolutionary
wings and the arm also cell nuclei and in a small ancestor.
= the human arm is perform different functions = Thus, the forelimbs of
DNA molecule found within mammals as diverse as
considered as - wings help bats fly, while
individual mitochondria. humans, bats, and deer are
arms help humans interact
homologous with their world in a very
These are usually treated similar; the type of
separately as the nuclear construction and number of
structure. different way. Both of them bones in these limbs are
genome and the almost identical, and
are of mammalian origin.
mitochondrial genome. represent adaptive changes
However, their forelimbs are
of the forelimb structure of
used differently. The bats their shared early
use their forelimbs for flight. mammalian ancestors.
Similar to other mammals, Humans and bats have the
the major component of the same basic skeletal
structure, which originated
bat forelimb is the radius.   from the same embryonic
origins.
B. Analogous Structure
Picture of 2 Organisms Structure that is Function Tell about their DNA What does it
considered Sequence suggest about
analogous classifying
organisms?
=the wings of the bird =The wings of a bird =Scientists have In terms of
are considered as an and of an insect are sequenced and recorded development
analogous structure. analogous organs. the genomes - the pattern,
=the wings of the Both of these species genetic make-up or homologous
insect (butterfly) are have wings that they "code of life" - of species structures show
considered as an use for flight and yet from almost every similar patterns
analogous structure. their wings came branch of the bird family whereas
from dissimilar tree. The 363 species' analogous
ancestral origins. The genomes, including 267 structures do
popular theory as to sequenced for the first not.
the evolutionary time, are catalogued in = the following
origin of birds is the journal Nature. DNA organisms has
the therapod is contained at the base structures that
dinosaurs, specifically, of the feather, which provide
members originates just below the evidence for
of Maniraptora. surface of the skin. evolution
= The genome (entire through the
DNA sequence) of the existence of
butterfly would be analogous
identical to that of the structures. This
caterpillar in all somatic implicates that
cells. A caterpillar has the the species
genes to produce wings, evolve in
for example, however at response to
that stage in its their
development they are environments
and as a
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