BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 13, Problem 6MCQ
Ground beetles have useless hindwings. In related species of beetles, the hindwings function in flight. What term describes ground beetles’ hindwings?
| a. | Homeotic |
| b. | Analogous |
| c. | Vestigial |
| d. | Fossilized |
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