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Widely regarded as a nonfunctional, evolutionaryvestigialstructure, it has received little attention compared with motile cilia in organs such as the lung and brain.
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Although structures called "vestigial" often appear functionless, avestigialstructuremay retain lesser functions or develop minor new ones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In many circumstances, the apparentlyvestigialstructuremay retain a limited functionality, or may be co-opted for other advantageous traits in a phenomenon known as preadaptation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vestigial versions of the structure can be compared to the original version of the structure in other species in order to determine the homology of avestigialstructure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, vestigial structures may have their original function replaced with another.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In many insects they simply may be functionless vestigial structures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Therefore, vestigial structures can be considered evidence for evolution, the process by which beneficial heritable traits arise in populations over an extended period of time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vestigial structures and comparisons in embryonic development are largely a contributing factor in anatomical resemblance in concordance with common descent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During evolution, some structures may lose their original function and become vestigial structures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such vestigial structures typically are degenerate, atrophied, or rudimentary, and tend to be much more variable than homologous non-vestigial parts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vestigial structures are often called "vestigial organs", although many of them are not actually organs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were once thought of as vestigial structures that served no real purpose.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These undeveloped muscles are vestigial structures.
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