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Homologous and analogous traits

Homologous and analogous traits
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Description: (A) Long legs are a homologous trait as indicated in red; both long-legged species share a long-legged common ancestor. (B) Long tails are an analogous trait as indicated in blue; long tails evolved separately in the two long-tailed lineages, and their common ancestor presumably had a short tail.

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