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Can the wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bat be considered homologous organs? Why or why not?
Answer:
- Both butterflies and bats use wings for flying .
- But the structures of the wings are different .
- Structure of bat wings is skin stretched over elongated fingers
- In butterflies , the wing is a stretched membrane with no structural similarity to bat wings.
So,
- Their origin and structure are different but function is the same .
- These are Analogous Characteristics and bat and butterfly hence may have undergone Convergent Evolution .
