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How are the limbs of the organism pictured above similar?

How are the limbs of the organism pictured above similar?-example-1
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The limbs of the organisms are similar because they are formed in similar ways during embryonic development and share similar arrangements.
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The structures given in the picture above are homologous to each other. Homologous structures are those, which belong to different organisms but are similar in their structure as they have a common acestory. The functions of these homologous structures may or may not be similar. The limbs of the human, horse, cat, bat, bird and whale share a similar basic structure. The function is more or less similar as far as these limbs are concerned.

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