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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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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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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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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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 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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Carcinisation (category Convergent evolution)
Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term...
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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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Snake (redirect from Snake evolution)
limbs or with greatly reduced limbs at least twenty-five times via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes...
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Electric fish (redirect from Evolution of electric fish)
electric field to remain stable for electrolocation. There has been convergent evolution in these features among the mormyrids and gymnotids. Electric fish...
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Common descent (section Convergent evolution)
Similarities which have no adaptive relevance cannot be explained by convergent evolution, and therefore they provide compelling support for universal common...
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Ungulate (redirect from Ungulate evolution)
striking example of convergent evolution. There is now some dispute as to whether this smaller Euungulata is a cladistic (evolution-based) group, or merely...
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common than transversions. The concept encompasses both convergent evolution and parallel evolution; it can be used to describe the observation of similar...
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System, reaching it can be accomplished with ordinary space travel. Convergent evolution is a biological concept whereby unrelated species acquire similar...
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Baculites (section Convergent evolution)
Baculites is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonite cephalopods with almost straight shells. The genus, which lived worldwide throughout most of the...
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current niches. Apart from undergoing convergent evolution with plants, species of kelp have undergone convergent evolution within their own phylogeny that...
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Human skin color (redirect from Evolution of skin pigmentation)
"Genetic Evidence for the Convergent Evolution of Light Skin in Europeans and East Asians". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24 (3): 710–22. doi:10.1093/molbev/msl203...
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Marsupial (redirect from Evolution of marsupials)
placental mammals and are examples of convergent evolution. This convergence is evident in both brain evolution and behaviour. The extinct thylacine strongly...
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selection of behavioural skills provides a typical environment for convergent evolution. There is a wide range of shared general and specific social skills...
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Mustelidae (redirect from Evolution of mustelids)
Because mongooses and mustelids occupy similar ecological niches, convergent evolution has led to similarity in form and behavior. Several mustelids, including...
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A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides...
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Viviparity (redirect from Evolution of viviparity)
viviparous modes of reproduction; selective pressures have led to its convergent evolution more than 150 times among the vertebrates alone. There is no one...
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Feliformia (redirect from Evolution of feliform mammals)
has four extant species and two subspecies. All show features of convergent evolution with canids, including non-retractile claws, long muzzles, and adaptations...
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evolved in many different birds independently, demonstrating repeated convergent evolution. There were families of flightless birds, such as the now-extinct...
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realm, toucans occupy the hornbills' ecological niche, an example of convergent evolution. Despite their close appearances, the two groups are not very closely...
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proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution. The hummingbird hawk-moth was first described by Carl Linnaeus in...
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features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of convergent evolution. The arrangement of the members of a polyphyletic group is called...
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