convergence
The tendency of unrelated animals and plants to evolve superficially comparable characteristics under similar environmental conditions.
Results for “convergence”
Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
convergent evolution
Independant acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated, monophyletic, lineages as a result of inhabiting similar environments or ecological niches.
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homoplasy
A character or trait shared by two or more unrelated taxa. Typically the result of convergent or parallel evolution.