Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Vestigial structure are body parts, organs, tissues which have no longer function in our body like an appendix, corner of eye, wisdom teeth, etc. It is a result of evolution. It is due to mutation now the time vestigial organs are useless.

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