EVIDENCE FROM

COMPARATIVE
ANATOMY &
EMBRYONIC
DEVELOPMENT
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
• is the study of the similarities and
differences in the structures of
different species.

TYPES OF STRUCTURES:
1. Homologous structures
2. Analogous structures
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
• is the study of the similarities and
differences in the structures of
different species.

TYPES OF STRUCTURES:
1. Homologous structures
2. Analogous structures
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Homologous Structures
• body parts of organisms
that may perform different
functions but are of the
same origin.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Homologous Structures
Divergent Evolution – is splitting of an ancestral
population into two or more sub-populations that are
geographically isolated from one another.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Homologous Structures
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Analogous Structures

• body parts of organisms

that may perform the
same function but are of
the different origins.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Analogous Structures
• Convergent evolution – analogous structures of unrelated
organism from different ancestors develop similar function.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
Analogous Structures
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

• An embryo is an early stage of

development in organisms.
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Fish Turtle Chicken Human
Gill slits
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Tail