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NEET · Biology · STD 12 - 6. evolution

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

  1. A Analogy, convergent
  2. B Homology, divergent
  3. C Homology, convergent
  4. D Analogy, divergent
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(A) Analogy, convergent

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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.