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Evolution — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYEvolution2 Marks
Question
  1. Select the homologous structures from the combinations given below:
  1. Forelimbs of whales and bats.
  2. Tuber of potato and sweet potato.
  3. Eyes of octopus and mammals.
  4. Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita.
  1. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​State the kind of evolution they represent.
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Answer

  1.  
  1. Forelimbs of whales and bats.
  1. Thoms of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita.
  1. Divergent Evolution.

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