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A baby has been born with a small tail. It is a case exhibiting
A baby has been born with a small tail. It is a case exhibiting
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The correct option is C Atavism
Atavism is the reappearance of ancestral characters which had disappeared in the generations before. The most probably heard atavism is the human tail. Human just like other vertebrates have the tendency to form a tail. It is thought that way back all human had a tail and provided an important function of balancing. There are two kinds of human tails. The false tail which does not have any bones or cartilage and is just skin and fat while true human tails have nerves and muscles and even cartilage or vertebrae. Thus, the correct answer is option C.
Atavism is the reappearance of ancestral characters which had disappeared in the generations before. The most probably heard atavism is the human tail. Human just like other vertebrates have the tendency to form a tail. It is thought that way back all human had a tail and provided an important function of balancing. There are two kinds of human tails. The false tail which does not have any bones or cartilage and is just skin and fat while true human tails have nerves and muscles and even cartilage or vertebrae. Thus, the correct answer is option C.
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