what is analogous organs? brief the morphological evolution in support of organic evolution.

Analogous organs are defined as the structures that differ in their basic structures or developmental origin but appear similar or perform similar functions. The most common example is the wings of bat and wings of bird.hey perform similar functions i.e. help the organism to fly, but there structure is different. Bat wings are made up of flaps of skin which is stretched between the bones of the fingers and the arm while the wings of bird are made up of feathers extending all along the arm. Presence of analogous structures supports the process of convergent evolution, where unrelated organisms develop similar characteristics to adapt to similar environments. Example: Wings of bird and bat have different origin and same function, but were not common in last ancestor.

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