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Study the following statements:

I. Wings of birds and wings of bats are homologous organs.


II. Wings of birds and wings of insects are modified forelimbs.


III. Wings of birds and wings of insects are analogous organs.


IV. Wings of birds and forelimbs of horse are homologous organs.


The correct statements are:

Since wings of birds and wings of insects are analogues organs because they have different structure but performs same function of flight whereas the wings of birds and forelimbs of horse are homologous organs as the structure is same but perform different functions.

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