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Vestigiality

Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. Assessment of the vestigiality must generally rely on comparison with homologous features in related species. The emergence of vestigiality occurs by normal…

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Vestigiality

Nodes123
Edges122
Triples18
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1

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Vestigiality

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related to Humans · 5
Vestigiality → Analogous, Human, Many, Other, The
related to overview · 3
Vestigiality → In, Like, Vestigial
see also · 2
Vestigiality → AtavismDewclawExaptationEvolutionary, Vestigial
is a · 1
Vestigiality → retention

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vestigial structures organs human species function may evolution also structure lost many time examples example functional wings selection one still

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Vestigialityis aretention0.90text
horsesinstance ofThe toes of many animals0.80text
which stand on a single toeinstance ofThe toes of many animals0.80text
are still evident in a vestigial forminstance ofThe toes of many animals0.80text
may become evidentinstance ofThe toes of many animals0.80text
although rarelyinstance ofThe toes of many animals0.80text
from time to time in individuals.The vestigial versions of the structure can be compared to the original version of the structure in other species in order to determine the homology of a vestigial structureinstance ofThe toes of many animals0.80text
cellulose would have been fermented in preparation for absorption in the coloninstance ofblind diverticulum in which resistant plant material0.80text
Vestigialityrelated to HumansHuman0.60section
Vestigialityrelated to HumansMany0.60section
Vestigialityrelated to HumansThe0.60section
Vestigialityrelated to HumansAnalogous0.60section

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