Biology: Concepts and Investigations
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 4MCQ
Ground beetles (Carabus solieri) have useless hind wings. In related species, the hind wings function in flight. What term describes ground beetles’ hind wings?
- a. homeotic
- b. vestigial
- c. analogous
- d. convergent
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