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analogous structure [əˈnæləɡəsˌstrʌktʃə] N

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Lion manes which seem to be analogous structure are divergent in various lion populations for instance.
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These are analogous structures, with similar form and function but not descended from a common structure.
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In the central nervous system, the analogous structures are known as tracts.
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Although astronomers have observed analogous structures around other stars, where they are termed astrospheres, mapping our own heliosphere is a major observational challenge.
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So even though they evolved from different ancestors, porpoises and sharks developed analogous structures as a result of their evolution in the same aquatic environment.
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The trees adapted in response to these ecological drivers by developing analogous structures, leaves that repel water.
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These weren't the same as the beta-keratin-coated scales of today's lizards and snakes, but analogous structures.
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Analogous structures were discovered in the developing vertebrate brain.
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That is, characteristics do not hold to evolutionary convergence, and do not have analogous structures.
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The analogous structures have similar function or macroscopic structure, but different microscopic structure; for example, no thallus has vascular tissue.
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