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Homologous Sexual Organs

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homologous organs

Lecture Notes

Because the reproductive organs are formed from the same embryonic tissue, males and females have homologous sexual organs. Homologous organs are organs that are similar in position, structure, and evolutionary origin, but not necessarily function. You can see in the developed sexual anatomy between males and females the similarities in the sex organs.