vestigial
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Vestigial structures are the result of convergent evolution, so they are good evidence that natural selection act similarly in similar environmental conditions.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Vestigial is a beautiful descriptor, but it is perhaps too generous: if your appendix is removed, for instance, you’ll probably notice.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2019
Vestigial structures are inherited from ancestors but have lost much of their original size and function.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Vestigial structures, in case your child asks, also provide evidence of evolution, suggesting ways in which structures that were perhaps once useful no longer are.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2013
Vestigial organs are sometimes pressed into a secondary use when their original function has been lost.
From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph
Vocabulary lists containing vestigial
Ender's Game
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Evolutionary Biology - High School
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