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20. Thinking about how traits are inherited, how would you explain the close similarities between

the make-up of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin in organisms as diverse as birds,
horses, gorillas, and humans?

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Answer:

hemoglobin likely evolved in a common ancestor of all of these organisms (a homology)

or it is a good system that evolved separately (an analogy or convergence)

Step-by-step explanation:

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