What is a vestigial structure? • A. A structure that has no use in the organism • B. A structure with similar shape but a different use • c. A structure that contains isotopes • D. A structure that is only in index fossils

Biology

Question
What is a vestigial structure?
• A. A structure that has no use in the organism
• B. A structure with similar shape but a different use
• c. A structure that contains isotopes
• D. A structure that is only in index fossils
Answer

A. A structure that has no use in the organism.

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A vestigial structure is a structure that has lost its original function through evolution. It may have had a function in an ancestor, but in...
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