1 of 5

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

Homology

Published on Nov 21, 2015

No Description

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HOMOLOGY

SIMILARITY IN CHARACTERISTICS RESULTING IN SHARED ANCESTRY

FOR EXAMPLE...

  • Humans, cats, whales, and bats all have some type of limb; suggesting that we all share a common ancestor
  • How cells are made up
  • Development and maturity
Photo by greekadman

VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES

  • Structures which have lost their function
  • Scientist use these structures to study similarities
Photo by Gidzy

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION

  • Analogous structures
  • Organisms adapt to each other in the wild

Untitled Slide