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A similar feature that evolved through convergent evolution is called a?
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It's homoplasy.
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Features that are similar in organisms that are not evolutionarily related are due to?
convergent evolution
A pattern of evolution that results when two unrelated species begin to appear similar because of environmental conditions is?
Analogous evolution. Convergent evolution.
What is convergent evolution?
Convergent evolution is when various species evolve similar solutions to similar evolutionary pressures, independently and often at different times in the earth's history. A good example is the Ichsyosaurous(swimming dinosaur), sharks, and dolphins. All of them evolved with a very similar torpedo shaped body. Another example is the eyes of octopi and humans. They are alike in structure and function. The rare Tasmanian Beech tree is the only true deciduous tree in Australia, and was long thought to be a relative of the northern hemisphere species, but study of its DNA shows that its origions date back to the Gondwana-southern supercontinent. So, the leaf shedding strategy evolved seperately in both hemispheres, another example of convergent evolution.
What are convergent traits?
Two separate animal species or organisms develop similar traits through evolution.
What is the name of the process when two unrelated species develop similar adaptations due to having similar niches or environments?
Convergent evolution
What is the difference between evolution and convergent evolution?
Evolution is the general theory itself, by which organisms change and adapt over time. Convergent evolution is a specific proces in which similar traits appear in unrelated organisms. For example, insects and birds both have wings but the two evolved independent of each other. That's convergent evolution.
What is the name of evolution that produces similar but distantly related organisms?
Convergent evolution, or convergence theory.
Is the eye an example of convergent evolution?
Yes. For instance, vertebrates and octopuses evolved a very similar type of eye, independently from one another.
What are similar features thast evolved through convergent evolution?
Examples of similar features that evolved through convergent evolution include wings in birds and bats, camera-like eyes in vertebrates and cephalopods, and thorns in cacti and rose bushes. These traits evolved independently in different lineages in response to similar selective pressures, resulting in functional similarities despite genetic differences.
Frogs Ducks and Otters an amphibian bird and mammal all have webbed feet this is an example of what type of evolution?
This is 'convergent evolution', where completely different, unrelated organisms develop a similar feature.
Do creationists believe in convergent evolution?
No. You can't define the evolution of a single species as convergent. Rather convergent evolution is a comparison of the evolution of two or more groups of organism, which independently evolve similar adaptations. The evolution of birds, bats, and pterosaurs is an example of convergent evolution: in all three groups the forelimbs developed into wings.
Features that are similar in organisms that are not evolutionarily related are due to?
convergent evolution
Type of evolution in which unrelated organisums independently evolve smilarities when adapting to similar environments?
Convergent Evolution
Why do organism not closely related sometimes look similar?
Convergent Evolution is the reason. :)
How did Darwin explain the existence of of similar but unrelated species?
Through convergent evolution, in which similar function produces similar form.
A pattern of evolution that results when two unrelated species begin to appear similar because of environmental conditions is?
Analogous evolution. Convergent evolution.
What is convergent evolution?
Convergent evolution is when various species evolve similar solutions to similar evolutionary pressures, independently and often at different times in the earth's history. A good example is the Ichsyosaurous(swimming dinosaur), sharks, and dolphins. All of them evolved with a very similar torpedo shaped body. Another example is the eyes of octopi and humans. They are alike in structure and function. The rare Tasmanian Beech tree is the only true deciduous tree in Australia, and was long thought to be a relative of the northern hemisphere species, but study of its DNA shows that its origions date back to the Gondwana-southern supercontinent. So, the leaf shedding strategy evolved seperately in both hemispheres, another example of convergent evolution.
