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I do think that they close to not allow too much of either water or air from entering.
the hollow tube allows water to flow easily.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z28g7p3/revision/1
Building models doesn't actually help scientists observe phenomena. Scientists build models to describe how nature and systems operate then make observations to see if their models match what they observe. Models which don't match what they observe are either alterated or scrapped. Good models are kept and used by the scientific community.
They are thought to have separate paths of evolutionary development.
They developed along different evolutionary paths.
They had independent evolutionary development.
I believe the answer is DNA or Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid