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s2008m [1.1K]
3 years ago
5

If vestigial structures, such as hip bones in dolphins, have no current function, then why does natural selection allow them to

remain?Explain.
Biology
1 answer:
Snezhnost [94]3 years ago
6 0
Vestigial structures are inherited from ancestors, but have lost much or all of their original function due to different selection pressures acting on the descendant. The hipbones of bottlenose dolphins are vestigial structures. However, as the dolphin lineage adapted to life at sea, this function was lost.
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