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convergent evolution

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convergent evolution
n.


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However, additional typing methods would be required to verify that the strains are related, rather than exhibiting convergent evolution of their respective spoligotypes.
However, several features of Incisivosaurus suggest that Caudipteryx and other oviraptors developed their avian features not through inheritance from birds but through convergent evolution.
Nevertheless, taxonomists have found some physical pointers hinting that the similarities arise from coincidence, or convergent evolution, and not shared ancestry.
 
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