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Convergent evolution


Convergent evolution is similar to, but distinguishable from, the phenomena of evolutionary relay and parallel evolution.
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Convergent evolution is a different phenomenon than evolutionary relay and parallel evolution.
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Convergent evolution.
Taxonomy: Classifying Life
At least 1.7 million species of living organisms have been discovered, and the list grows longer every year (especially of insects in the tropical rain forest). How are they to be classified?
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convergent evolution The development of similar structures in distantly related organisms as a result of adapting to similar environments and/or strategies of life.
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convergent evolution
[L. convergere, to turn together; evolutio, to unfold]
The independent development of similarity between species as a result of their having similar ecological roles and selection pressures.
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Convergent evolution
: Evolution of two or more different lineages towards similar morphology due to similar adaptive pressures.
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convergent evolution Groups of unrelated organisms becoming similar in appearance because of evolutionary change in response to similar environments.
conveyor circulation See great ocean conveyor.
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Thus, the critics argued, perhaps the apparent monophyly of bats that was observed in the molecular studies is due to convergent evolution toward high G-C content and not homology.
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However they seem less certain now that the hobbit is descended from Homo erectus. The new bones show some similarities to australopithecines; whether this is due to a genealogical relationship or convergent evolution.
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