词汇 | convergent-evolution |
释义 | convergent evolution noun [ U ] biology specializeduk /kənˌvɜː.dʒənt iː.vəˈluː.ʃən//kənˌvɜː.dʒənt ev.əˈluː.ʃən/ us /kənˌvɝː.dʒənt ev.əˈluː.ʃən/ the way in which different species living in similar environments will develop in similar ways through the process of evolution(= the way in which living things change over time) : Many examples of convergent evolution have been identified in organisms that live in deserts. Australia, South America, and the Old World offer numerous examples of multiple convergent evolution. The exhibition includes several examples of convergent evolution. As so often with convergent evolution, the differences are as revealing as the similarities. She is a convergent evolution specialist at the Australian Museum. Change and changes adaptive evolution adjustment alteration anti-evolutionism be ahead of the curveidiom evolutionism flatten flip-flop fluctuation for a change reconversion reformation regime change reinterpretation retransformation unspooling unsteadily unsteady untick variation |
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