2020 · Q94
Wings of birds and bats are considered analogous structures because they have
General KnowledgeBiology
- Acommon origin and common function
- Bdifferent origin and common function
- Ccommon origin and different function
- Ddifferent origin and different function
Explanation
Bird wings (feathered forelimbs) and bat wings (membraned forelimbs) evolved independently for the same function — flight — but from different ancestral structures. They are analogous structures (different origin, common function), not homologous ones. The correct answer is analogous.