Convergent Evolution
Convergent evolution is a term used to describe similarities in organisms that are evolutionarily unrelated. Selective pressures within an environment can produce similar structur...
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Evolution, Convergent
In ecologically similar habitats it can sometimes happen that apparently similar organisms arise. These organisms may be entirely unrelated, their similarities coming about as a ...
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Homoplasy
Homoplasy refers to similarity among unrelated organisms. The wings of birds, bats, and insects are homoplastic features because the common ancestor of these three groups lacked wings. Spine...
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Convergent Evolution
Homoplasy
