17.4 Vocab Flashcards

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Biogeography

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The study of past and present distribution of organisms

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Homologous Structures

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Structures that are similar in different species of common ancestry

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Vestigial Structure

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Structure that is inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function

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Analogous Structure

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Body parts that share a common function, but not structure

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