Which of the following terms would most correctly describes the relationship between the flight organs of animals like locust, bat, sparrow and flying fish?
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• Analogous organs: These are organs that perform the same function but have different origin and structure.
• Example: Wings of locust (insect), bat (mammal), sparrow (bird), and flying fish (fish).
• All are used for flight, but their anatomical structures and evolutionary origins are different.
• Homologous organs: Same structure and origin, but may perform different functions (e.g., forelimbs of horse, whale, bat, and man).
• Atavism: Reappearance of ancestral characters.
• Vestigial organs: Organs that have lost their original function (e.g., appendix in humans).
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