CBSE Class 10 Answered
what are vestigial organs?explain with examples.
Asked by gcharu09 | 27 Feb, 2011, 11:55: PM
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Dear student,
It is an organ that was once useful in an animal’s evolutionary past, but now has no apparent nor predictable function in that particular organism.
Example - Rudiments of pelvis and hind limbs in snakes, wings of many flightless birds
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Answered by | 28 Feb, 2011, 08:53: AM
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