NEET 2018 Biology question

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The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of

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Similar anatomical structure (bone pattern) of the forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetah and humans, despite different functions, shows a common ancestry and is called homology; it indicates divergent evolution. Analogy (similar function,

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