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Question

Sweet potato and potato represent a certain type of evolution. Select the correct combination of terms to explain the evolution.

Options

A.Analogy, convergent
B.Homology, divergent
C.Homology, convergent
D.Analogy, divergent

Solution

Sweet potato is a root modification while potato is a stem modification but both of them have same function. Analogous structures are not anatomically similar structures though they perform similar functions.

Analogous structures are the result of convergent evolution.

Homologous organs are anatomically similar but they do not perform similar function. Homologous organs are the result of divergent evolution.

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