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What are vestigial structures? What Structures that are non-functional (but functional
are some examples? in related species).
Some examples:
- Human appendix, tail bones, wisdom teeth
-Hip bones of whales and snakes
-Plastids in parasitic plants
Evidence for Common Ancestry? 1. Geographic distributions
(4) 2. Fossil record
3. (unexpected) similarities among living species
4. Treelike patterns of variation among living
(and extinct forms)
,Which of the following facts The answer is (b) b/c kangaroos are very similar
provides the clearest evidence for looking to wallabies and it would be very unlikely
CA over SA? (From Lecture 2): under SA that these 2 species would have only
ended up in Australia.
(a) 100 Ma fossil have been found
whose leaves are almost
indistinguishable from living
redwoods
(b) Kangaroos and wallabies are
only found in Australia
(c) Fig flowers are tiny and require a
specific species of wasp to
pollinate them
(d) Octopi and squid have superbly
functional eyes that can form a very
clear image and both species use
these eyes when hunting
, Which of of these bio-geographic The answer is (a) b/c it only refers to one species.
patterns provides the least direct Common ancestry is not shown.
evidence for common ancestry?
(a) The giant panda is only found in
the bamboo forests of China .
(b) All 115 species of lobeliad found
in Hawaii are more closely related
to each other than to any plants
from other landmasses
(c) All the monkeys in South
America have prehensile tails,
monkeys in the rest of the world do
not
(d) Front-fanged snake species are
found throughout Africa but the
snakes in Madagascar are not front-
fanged
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Terms in this set (143)
What are vestigial structures? What Structures that are non-functional (but functional
are some examples? in related species).
Some examples:
- Human appendix, tail bones, wisdom teeth
-Hip bones of whales and snakes
-Plastids in parasitic plants
Evidence for Common Ancestry? 1. Geographic distributions
(4) 2. Fossil record
3. (unexpected) similarities among living species
4. Treelike patterns of variation among living
(and extinct forms)
,Which of the following facts The answer is (b) b/c kangaroos are very similar
provides the clearest evidence for looking to wallabies and it would be very unlikely
CA over SA? (From Lecture 2): under SA that these 2 species would have only
ended up in Australia.
(a) 100 Ma fossil have been found
whose leaves are almost
indistinguishable from living
redwoods
(b) Kangaroos and wallabies are
only found in Australia
(c) Fig flowers are tiny and require a
specific species of wasp to
pollinate them
(d) Octopi and squid have superbly
functional eyes that can form a very
clear image and both species use
these eyes when hunting
, Which of of these bio-geographic The answer is (a) b/c it only refers to one species.
patterns provides the least direct Common ancestry is not shown.
evidence for common ancestry?
(a) The giant panda is only found in
the bamboo forests of China .
(b) All 115 species of lobeliad found
in Hawaii are more closely related
to each other than to any plants
from other landmasses
(c) All the monkeys in South
America have prehensile tails,
monkeys in the rest of the world do
not
(d) Front-fanged snake species are
found throughout Africa but the
snakes in Madagascar are not front-
fanged
