Statement I: | The embryos of all vertebrates including humans develop a row of vestigial gill slits just behind the head but it is a functional organ only in fish and not found in any other adult vertebrates. |
Statement II: | Karl Ernst von Baer noted that embryos never pass through the adult stages of other animals. |
1. | Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct. |
2. | Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect. |
3. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I. |
4. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I. |
Similar biological structures or sequences in different taxa are homologous if they:
1. | always perform the same function |
2. | result from convergent evolution |
3. | do not serve any known function |
4. | are derived from a common ancestor |