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Write short note on vestigial organs.

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Vestigial organs are those organs of body which are non-functional in the possessor but were functional in the ancestors and are functional in related organisms e.g., wisdom teeth in man (due to intake of cooked food which needs less chewing) and caecum (as during cooking of food, the cellulose is simplified).
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