Question

question 11 1 pts some snakes have small remnants of legs that they now use for clasping during mating. these leg remnants are due to sexual selection homologous structures due to convergent evolution vestigial characteristics

Explanation:

Vestigial structures are remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an ancestral species but have become reduced or non - functional over time. Snakes' small leg remnants used for clasping during mating are such vestigial characteristics. Sexual selection refers to selection based on mating success, homologous structures are similar in structure due to common ancestry but may have different functions, and convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in different lineages.

Answer:

D. vestigial characteristics