parallel evolution
the independent development of closely corresponding adaptive features in two or more groups of organisms that occupy different but equivalent habitats, as marsupial mammals in Australia and placental mammals on other continents.
Origin of parallel evolution
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How to use parallel evolution in a sentence
Likewise that knightly virtue, love of woman, displays a parallel evolution, being part of the chivalric whole.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylorparallel evolution accounted for the resemblance, like causes producing like results.
Planet of the Gods | Robert Moore WilliamsThis is simply the extension of the theory of parallel evolution to a cosmic scale.
The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel | Arthur W. OrtonThere were resemblances, explicable as the result of parallel evolution.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald JenkinsBut horns and hoofs will appear in any system of parallel evolution.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
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