Questions tagged [vestigial]
Homologous characters of organisms that have seemingly lost all or most of their original function in a species through evolution.
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Is the appendix a vestigial structure in all vertebrates?
In humans the Appendix is a vestigial organ. Does it serve no apparent purpose in all the vertebrates that have one?
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Is there a name for the evolutionary loss of vestigial structures?
Consider a biological structure which no longer benefits an organism, such as the eyes of an organism whose population now lives in total darkness. I can think of three reasons why such a structure ...
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Is vermiform appendix no more a vestigial organ?
The appendix has a role in the immune response.
So is it therefore recently removed from the list of vestigial organs?