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Convergent evolution
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Independent evolution of similar features
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Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups. The cladistic term for the same phenomenon is homoplasy. The recurrent...

Subclass of
Evolution
Different from
Convergence
References
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