Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates...

Convergent evolution—the repeated evolution of similar traits in multiple lineages which all ancestrally lack the trait—is rife in nature, as illustrated...

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...

limbs or with greatly reduced limbs at least twenty-five times via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes...

of evolution and is distinct from convergent evolution and parallel evolution, although it does share similarities with the other types of evolution. Convergent...

sloths an example of convergent evolution to an arboreal lifestyle, "one of the most striking examples of convergent evolution known among mammals"....

(2008). "Charting Evolution's Trajectory: Using Molluscan Eye Diversity to Understand Parallel and Convergent Evolution". Evolution: Education and Outreach...

Adaptive evolution can also be convergent evolution if two distantly related species live in similar environments facing similar pressures. Convergent evolution...

functionality. Contention exists on whether this is truly convergent evolution or parallel evolution. Unlike the vertebrate camera eye, the cephalopods' form...

Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term...

byproduct of convergent evolution. Although there are no known humanoid species outside the genus Homo, the theory of convergent evolution speculates that...

electric field to remain stable for electrolocation. There has been convergent evolution in these features among the mormyrids and gymnotids. Electric fish...

refer to: Convergent boundary, a type of plate tectonic boundary Convergent (continued fraction) Convergent evolution Convergent series Convergent may also...

Similarities which have no adaptive relevance cannot be explained by convergent evolution, and therefore they provide compelling support for universal common...

striking example of convergent evolution. There is now some dispute as to whether this smaller Euungulata is a cladistic (evolution-based) group, or merely...

in reptilian venom production. This appears to be an example of convergent evolution of venom genes from existing immune system genes (defensins). A unique...

"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...

viviparous modes of reproduction; selective pressures have led to its convergent evolution more than 150 times among the vertebrates alone. There is no one...

selection of behavioural skills provides a typical environment for convergent evolution. There is a wide range of shared general and specific social skills...

System, reaching it can be accomplished with ordinary space travel. Convergent evolution is a biological concept whereby unrelated species acquire similar...

evolved in many different birds independently, demonstrating repeated convergent evolution. There were families of flightless birds, such as the now-extinct...

ideas. Such occasions can be called "convergent speculation", similar to the scientific idea of convergent evolution. Perhaps the most famous speculative...

placental mammals and are examples of convergent evolution. This convergence is evident in both brain evolution and behaviour. The extinct thylacine strongly...

current niches. Apart from undergoing convergent evolution with plants, species of kelp have undergone convergent evolution within their own phylogeny that...

features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of convergent evolution. The arrangement of the members of a polyphyletic group is called...

family Talpidae with their powerful front limbs, form an example of convergent evolution, both developing adaptations for burrowing. Adults of most species...

Baculites is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonite cephalopods with almost straight shells. The genus, which lived worldwide throughout most of the...

cobras three times independently through convergent evolution. In each of these three events, the venom convergently evolved to be more effective at creating...

and morphologically similar to canids in several elements due to convergent evolution: both hyenas and canines are non-arboreal, cursorial hunters that...

realm, toucans occupy the hornbills' ecological niche, an example of convergent evolution. Despite their close appearances, the two groups are not very closely...