Question on: JAMB Biology - 2017
The possession of scales, laying of eggs with shells and bony structure of the head are characteristics shared by
A
birds and reptiles
B
fishes and birds
C
reptiles and fishes
D
birds and molluscs
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Correct Option: A
Its long been recognized that birds and reptiles share many characteristics:
Both have skulls that abut the first neck vertebra with a single ball-and-socket joint.
Both birds and reptiles excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid; mammals excrete urea, fish ammonia.
Both lay similar highly yolked eggs
Bird feather is homologous to the reptile scale. Both develop from an epidermal elevation over a nourishing dermal core. Scales flatten, feather buds roll into a cylinder shaped tube
Both have skulls that abut the first neck vertebra with a single ball-and-socket joint.
Both birds and reptiles excrete nitrogenous wastes as uric acid; mammals excrete urea, fish ammonia.
Both lay similar highly yolked eggs
Bird feather is homologous to the reptile scale. Both develop from an epidermal elevation over a nourishing dermal core. Scales flatten, feather buds roll into a cylinder shaped tube
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