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#Question id: 8294


The common ancestors of birds and mammals were very early (stem) reptiles, which almost certainly possessed three-chambered hearts (two atria, one ventricle). Birds and mammals, however, are alike in having four-chambered hearts (two atria, two ventricles). The fourchambered hearts of birds and mammals are best described as ________.

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. structural homologies
  2. vestiges
  3. structural analogies
  4. the result of shared ancestry