Divergent evolution or divergent selection is the accumulation of differences between closely related populations within a species, sometimes leading to...
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Evolutionary biology (redirect from Evolution (subfield))
traits tend to evolve from having similar environmental pressures. Divergent evolution is the process of speciation. This can happen in several ways: Allopatric...
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Sex organ (redirect from Genital evolution)
selection represents a primary factor for genital evolution. Male genitalia show traits of divergent evolution that are driven by sexual selection. The visible...
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convergence is divergent evolution, where related species evolve different traits. Convergent evolution is similar to parallel evolution, which occurs...
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Homology (biology) (redirect from Homology (evolution))
similarity is strong evidence that two sequences are related by divergent evolution from a common ancestor. Alignments of multiple sequences are used...
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Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response...
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Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid...
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Catalytic triad (category Evolution)
well as divergent evolution of function (and even the triad's nucleophile), catalytic triads show some of the best examples of convergent evolution. Chemical...
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economics and evolution of nectar-eating species; for example, nectar foraging behavior is largely responsible for the divergent evolution of the African...
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drift apart into two divergent populations with different sets of alleles. According to the neutral theory of molecular evolution most evolutionary changes...
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species in the lineage at any point in time, as opposed to cases where divergent evolution produces contemporary species with a common ancestor. The related...
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largest example, is usually considered an island of Africa, but its divergent evolution has caused it to be referred to as "the eighth continent" from a...
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Sloth bear (section Evolution)
evolved during the Pleistocene from the ancestral brown bear through divergent evolution. Sloth bears breed during spring and early summer and give birth...
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languages are likely to be the result of less than 800 years of divergent evolution." One way in which Proto-Mongolic formed plurals was by adding -s...
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characteristics Divergent evolution – Accumulation of differences between closely related species populations, leading to speciation Divergent evolution in animals –...
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2008-01-23. Mayr 2001, pp. 25–27 Johnson, George B. "Convergent and Divergent Evolution". Dr. George Johnson's Backgrounders. St. Louis, MO: Txtwriter, Inc...
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all face constant environmental pressures, leaving less scope for divergent evolution, a process instrumental in creating new species. Although New Guinea...
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all three locations, but since then Bathynomus likely would show divergent evolution in the various locations. However, the giant isopods in all three...
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Evolutionary ecology (redirect from Eco-evolution)
evolutionary ecology are life history evolution, sociobiology (the evolution of social behavior), the evolution of interspecific interactions (e.g. cooperation...
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preferences are widely recognized as being responsible for the rapid and divergent evolution of male secondary sex characteristics. In 1915, Ronald Fisher wrote:...
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Calhoun S, et al. (2018). "Atlas of the Radical SAM Superfamily: Divergent Evolution of Function Using a "Plug and Play" Domain". Radical SAM Enzymes...
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Evidence of common descent (redirect from Argument from evolution)
gradual spreading of organisms with adaptive radiation is known as divergent evolution. Taxonomy is based on the fact that all organisms are related to...
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SINEs are often lineage specific, making them useful markers of divergent evolution between species. Copy number variation and mutations in the SINE...
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Ismail AM, Lee JY, Ramke M, Lee JS, Dyer DW, et al. (February 2019). "Divergent Evolution of E1A CR3 in Human Adenovirus Species D". Viruses. 11 (2): 143....
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Divergent thinking is a thought process used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions. It typically occurs in a spontaneous, free-flowing...
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Yu-Mei; Brueggen, John; Kledzik, David; Vliet, Kent A. (2019-12-17). "Divergent evolution of terrestrial locomotor abilities in extant Crocodylia". Scientific...
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Yoshikuni, Y; Ferrin, TE; Keasling, JD (20 April 2006). "Designed divergent evolution of enzyme function". Nature. 440 (7087): 1078–82. Bibcode:2006Natur...
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the Oligocene: a relict species in a relict habitat. An example of divergent evolution creating relicts is found in the shrews of the islands off the coast...
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convergently in different superfamilies, and some superfamilies show divergent evolution to multiple different nucleophiles. Metalloproteases, aspartic, and...
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Punctuated equilibrium (redirect from Punctuated evolution)
equilibrium is commonly contrasted with phyletic gradualism, the idea that evolution generally occurs uniformly by the steady and gradual transformation of...
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