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baherus [9]
3 years ago
8

A structure that seems to serve no purpose in an organism is called?

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1 answer:
Alex17521 [72]3 years ago
7 0

Vestigial structures. These are structural elements that once served a purpose but as the organism evolved now serves no purpose.

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