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Our teeth and an Elephent's tusks are homologous organs'.Justify this statement.What do the analogous organs indicate?

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(i)Our teeth and an Elephant.s tusks are homologous organs as both of them have the same basic structure,but different functions(We chew with our teeth,whereas elephants use their tusks to hold things).
(ii)Analogous organs indicate that even organisms having different structures can adapt by modifying these structures to perform similar functions for their surval under the given environmental conditions.
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