Question
Evolution has exhibited a greater stability of molecular structure when compared with morphological structures. Comment on the statement and justify your opinion.

Answer

The apparent structures in an organism, are termed morphological structures. Morphological structures can be easily seen by all us. Molecular structure is about the structure of biomolecules which are the integral components of organisms.
We see lot of diversity all around us. This diversity is possible because of diversity in morphological structures. This shows that morphological structures are least stable. Life which began as simple forms on the earth in now composed of many complex forms.
But despite all the evolution which have taken place through millions of years, the structure biomolecules remains the same. A DNA is same in a human and in a mouse. A protein has same structure in a bird and in a fungi. So, the molecular basis of life has not changed through all these years. This shows that evolution has exhibited a greater stability of molecular structure when compared with morphological structure.

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