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How can a bat's wing be considered both a homologous structure and an analogous structure

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For example, insects use wings to fly like bats and birds, but the wing structure and embryonic origin is completely different. These are called analogous structures... Some structures are both analogous and homologous: the wings of a bird and the wings of a bat are both homologous and analogous.

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