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convergent evolution

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meanings of convergentand evolution


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convergent
adjective
uk /kənˈvɜː.dʒənt/ us /kənˈvɝː.dʒənt/
coming ...
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evolution
noun[U]
uk /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/ us /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
the way in which living things change and develop over millions ...
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Examples of convergent evolution


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We conjecture that the phenomenon of convergentevolution can be extended to the cosmic level.
Thus, we have to assume convergentevolution for the two types of polymerases.
Thus, in a remarkable example of convergentevolution, different organisms have evolved different strategies for maintaining superhelical homeostasis commensurate with their particular physiologies.
Neither of these mechanisms would give rise to convergentevolution, making recombination a more likely explanation.
His conceit, in this essay, is that of convergentevolution, whereby different species develop in similar ways in response to similar environmental pressures.
Here, the selective pressures for efficient maintenance of high-speed propulsion appear to be responsible for the convergentevolution of caudal fins of high aspect ratio.
At present, it is unclear whether all these similarities reflect homoplasy (convergentevolution) or homology (shared evolutionary ancestry).
A single origin of plastids revisited : convergentevolution in organellar genome content.
How then can we account for this convergentevolution?
The similarity of function and mechanism has arisen by convergentevolution.
They are a standard example of convergentevolution.
Examples of convergentevolution in the brain will be reviewed below.
Asymmetrical control of vocalisation in humans, birds, and marine mammals is more likely to depend on convergentevolution than descent.
These differences have impelled the recurrent suggestion that the functional similarities of the hippocampal and dorsal pallium in amniotes are examples of convergentevolution.
Most of these similarities have been frequently considered examples of convergentevolution.
Given that the law is found in diverse animals, convergentevolution is suggested.
Adaptive explanations presume that individual traits are free to evolve to their local optima and that convergentevolution represents particularly adaptive combinations of traits.
Moreover, parallel and convergentevolution of these markers was rare.
This behaviour is a significant example of convergentevolution, which reflects similar behaviour found in agoutis, acouchies and squirrels on other continents.
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