Question 17

(Multiple Choice)

The common ancestors of birds and mammals were very early (stem)reptiles,which almost certainly possessed three-chambered hearts (two atria,one ventricle).Birds and mammals,however,are alike in having four-chambered hearts (two atria,two ventricles).The four-chambered hearts of birds and mammals are best described as


A)structural homologies.
B)vestiges.
C)homoplasies.
D)the result of shared ancestry.
E)molecular homologies.

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