Evolution and Analogous Structures in Animals

Natural selection promotes ______ to environment

Results in the development of ______ structures In animals

Similarity in body plans – e.g. dolphins and ______

Flight and flight patterns – birds and ______

Insect mouthparts – sucking mouthparts of ______ and mosquitoes

Convergent evolution in ______ and sweet potato

Triadobatrachus is a transitional form between elongated amphibians and ______

Ambulocetus natans is a transitional form between terrestrial and aquatic ______

Tiktaalik roseae is a transitional form between ______ and tetrapods

Rhynia is a transitional form between mosses and early vascular ______

Runcaria is a precursor to ______ plants

Biogeography is the study of the geographical distribution of extinct and modern ______

Movement of land masses also plays an important role in ______.

Island/Insular dwarfism and Iterative Evolution are examples of ______.

Convergent Evolution is when species from different lineages become anatomically similar due to ______.

Homologies refer to fundamental similarities that occur due to descent from a common ______.

Anatomical, Developmental, and Molecular are types of ______ similarities.

The Aldabra Rails is a case of ______ evolution.