Pugs, Persian cats, and other smushed-face cats and dogs are more similar to one another than they are to the wild animals ...

But we can see similarities between organisms that live continents apart or are very different in other aspects. One reason for this is convergent evolution. Convergent evolution occurs when organisms ...

Convergent evolution, the unsuspecting force behind this phenomenon, is nature’s way of saying, “If it works, don’t mess with it.” But why do so many aquatic animals, from distant corners ...

This is evidence that quite separate, independent episodes of molecular evolution occurred, with the same functional results. This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms ...

Phenotypic convergence, the appearance of similar forms in independent lineages, provides an opportunity for testing the predictability of genetic evolution. Similar phenotypes in different lineages ...

This pattern of ‘convergent evolution’ underscores ciprofloxacin’s selective pressure in the human gut. A key determinant of resistance was the size of the bacterial population, because ...