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