Thus
convergent evolution mimicry is not unique to rack, the extreme case, but is somewhat common.
"Our study confirms the
convergent evolution of the two, tree dwelling modern sloths from two distinct lineages of extinct giant ground sloths," said Hendrik Poinar, lead author of the study and director of McMaster University's Ancient DNA Centre and principal investigator at the Michael G DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.
This finding likely represents an example of "
convergent evolution" in which mutations of certain genes are recurrently selected for, because they provide affected cells with a strong fitness advantage and/or they cooperate with other preexisting mutations.
A study of CS literature from the past fifty years reveals the following trends regarding the topics of natural selection (NS) and
convergent evolution. Rejection of NS or some form of it has exceeded acceptance in both the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The hypotheses of evolutionary divergence of Panthera pardus subspecies is also supported by
convergent evolution exhibited by Panthera onca (Jaguar).
Other possibilities include
convergent evolution or phylogenetic artifacts.
WRS also links its living collection with dinosaurs through the Same Same But Different trail, a feature on
convergent evolution. 'A lot of animals are unrelated, but because they are living in the same environment, they tend to have similar traits,' Lok explains.
Ancient origin of reggie (flotillin), reggie-like, and other lipid-raft proteins:
convergent evolution of the SPFH domain.