Question

Ostriches don’t use their wings for flight, but they do use them for other functions, such as mating rituals and balance. Many ancestors of ostriches did fly. What can you conclude about ostrich behavior from this information? A. Ostriches inherited the genes for wings from their ancestors, even though the function of these structures changed. B. Ostriches developed mutations in their wings to willfully adapt to their current environment. C. Ostriches lack a close evolutionary relationship with these ancestral birds. D. In the near future, ostriches will have no wings because they have no need for them. Reset Next

Answer 1

A. Ostriches inherited the genes for wings from their ancestors, even though the function of these structures changed.

Step-by-step explanation:

What we can conclude from this behavior is that ostriches inherited the genes for wings from their ancestors even though the function of these structures have changed.

• Instead of the wings becoming vestigial to non-usage, the ostriches simply adapted them for other purposes.
• Mutation allows for this change in functions of body parts of organisms to occur.