Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates...
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Convergent evolution—the repeated evolution of similar traits in multiple lineages which all ancestrally lack the trait—is rife in nature, as illustrated...
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Wayback Machine Zhang, J. and Kumar, S. 1997. Detection of convergent and parallel evolution at the amino acid sequence level Archived 2016-03-03 at the...
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refer to: Convergent boundary, a type of plate tectonic boundary Convergent (continued fraction) Convergent evolution Convergent series Convergent may also...
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Humanoid (section In theoretical convergent evolution)
sentient extraterrestrial lifeforms as humanoid as a byproduct of convergent evolution. Humanoid characters are defined by their human-like physical characteristics...
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Cephalopod (section Convergent evolution)
(2008). "Charting Evolution's Trajectory: Using Molluscan Eye Diversity to Understand Parallel and Convergent Evolution". Evolution: Education and Outreach...
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Evolutionary biology (redirect from Evolution (subfield))
Adaptive evolution can also be convergent evolution if two distantly related species live in similar environments facing similar pressures. Convergent evolution...
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of evolution and is distinct from convergent evolution and parallel evolution, although it does share similarities with the other types of evolution. Convergent...
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Cephalopod eye (section Convergent evolution)
functionality. Contention exists on whether this is truly convergent evolution or parallel evolution. Unlike the vertebrate camera eye, the cephalopods' form...
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Sloth (redirect from Evolution of sloths)
sloths an example of convergent evolution to an arboreal lifestyle, "one of the most striking examples of convergent evolution known among mammals"....
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