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What type of organs eye of an Octopus and that of a human called? Give another example from the animal group and one from the plants of such organs.
Name and explain the evolutionery process they exhibit.

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Analogous organ is found in both octopus and human . For example : wings of butterfly and of birds look alike. They are not anatomically similar structures though they perform similar functions. Similarly in plants : Sweet potato and potato is another example of analogy.
They exhibit convergent evolution : different structures evolving for the same function and hence, having similarity.
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