Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates... 56 KB (5,672 words) - 11:21, 19 April 2024 |
Convergent evolution—the repeated evolution of similar traits in multiple lineages which all ancestrally lack the trait—is rife in nature, as illustrated... 137 KB (14,804 words) - 14:17, 19 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,166 words) - 07:40, 20 April 2024 |
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... 150 KB (15,043 words) - 02:22, 27 April 2024 |
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... 31 KB (3,423 words) - 07:43, 16 April 2024 |
Cephalopod (section Convergent evolution) (2008). "Charting Evolution's Trajectory: Using Molluscan Eye Diversity to Understand Parallel and Convergent Evolution". Evolution: Education and Outreach... 133 KB (14,920 words) - 18:15, 21 April 2024 |
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".... 50 KB (5,421 words) - 12:29, 18 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,262 words) - 03:14, 15 January 2024 |
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... 30 KB (3,067 words) - 20:13, 26 March 2024 |
Humanoid (section In theoretical convergent evolution) byproduct of convergent evolution. Although there are no known humanoid species outside the genus Homo, the theory of convergent evolution speculates that... 16 KB (1,904 words) - 07:44, 21 March 2024 |
refer to: Convergent boundary, a type of plate tectonic boundary Convergent (continued fraction) Convergent evolution Convergent series Convergent may also... 580 bytes (97 words) - 23:39, 22 October 2020 |
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... 13 KB (1,244 words) - 16:15, 7 April 2024 |
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... 59 KB (5,852 words) - 16:06, 25 April 2024 |
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... 118 KB (13,093 words) - 14:20, 23 April 2024 |
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... 31 KB (2,942 words) - 06:06, 1 March 2024 |
System, reaching it can be accomplished with ordinary space travel. Convergent evolution is a biological concept whereby unrelated species acquire similar... 88 KB (12,760 words) - 03:48, 27 April 2024 |
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... 23 KB (2,029 words) - 20:20, 16 March 2024 |
ideas. Such occasions can be called "convergent speculation", similar to the scientific idea of convergent evolution. Perhaps the most famous speculative... 55 KB (5,568 words) - 19:06, 23 March 2024 |
Mole cricket (section Convergent evolution) family Talpidae with their powerful front limbs, form an example of convergent evolution, both developing adaptations for burrowing. Adults of most species... 45 KB (5,024 words) - 02:25, 2 February 2024 |
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... 17 KB (1,618 words) - 22:08, 7 April 2024 |
distantly related animals. Some of these examples are considered convergent evolution, while others most likely shared a common ancestor that possessed... 16 KB (2,052 words) - 05:17, 19 March 2024 |
years later, which they gradually came to resemble in a case of convergent evolution. Ichthyosaurians were particularly abundant in the Late Triassic... 141 KB (16,065 words) - 19:39, 25 April 2024 |
Hyena (redirect from Evolution of hyenas) and morphologically similar to canids in several elements due to convergent evolution: both hyenas and canines are non-arboreal, cursorial hunters that... 63 KB (6,050 words) - 11:41, 26 April 2024 |
fly independently, becoming an example of convergent evolution. However, the evidence about their evolution is still ambiguous, partly because there are... 28 KB (3,235 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024 |
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... 73 KB (7,557 words) - 15:10, 23 April 2024 |