homology
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
homology , in biology, the correspondence between structures of different species that is attributable to their evolutionary descent from a common ancestor. For example, the forelimbs of vertebrates, such as the wing of bird or bat, and the foreleg of an amphibian, are homologous; there is an almost identical number of bones in the limbs, and the pattern construction is identical. Homologous structures do not necessarily have to have the same function; the wings of birds and forelegs of a horse are homologous through they clearly serve different functions. Analogy is the functional similarity between structures that do not have a common origin; for example, the wings of birds and those of insects are analogous.
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