If two modern organisms are distantly related in an evolutionary sense,then one should expect that
A)they live in very different habitats.
B)they should share fewer homologous structures than two more closely related organisms.
C)their chromosomes should be very similar.
D)they shared a common ancestor relatively recently.

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Homologous structures are features shared by two or more species that are similar in structure due to a common ancestry. The more distantly related the organisms are, the fewer homologous structures they will share. Therefore, if two modern organisms are distantly related in an evolutionary sense, one should expect them to share fewer homologous structures than two more closely related organisms.

If Two Modern Organisms Are Distantly Related in an Evolutionary