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Homoplasy, in
biology and phylogenetics, is the term used to
describe a
feature that has been
gained or lost
independently in
separate lineages over the...
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sequence data. They are also
generally ****umed to have a low
incidence of
homoplasies because it was once
thought that
their integration into the
genome was...
- term is
often applied to
groups that
share similar features known as
homoplasies,
which are
explained as a
result of
convergent evolution. The arrangement...
- thus be
interpreted as
convergent evolution or
homoplasy. Thus
evidence from
fossils demonstrate homoplasies for the
detachment of the ear from the jaw....
- "Key
characters uniting hemichordates and chordates:
homologies or
homoplasies?".
Canadian Journal of Zoology. 83 (1): 8–23. Bibcode:2005CaJZ...83....
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Parallel homoplasy –
derived trait present in two
groups or
species without a
common ancestor due to
convergent evolution.
Reverse homoplasy –
trait present...
- an
error based on both groups'
strong diving adaptations,
which are
homoplasies. On the
other hand,
different DNA
sequence datasets do not
agree in detail...
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substitutions on the same site, or back mutations, all of
which result in
homoplasies. For
morphological data, unfortunately, the only
objective way to determine...
- 2003). "Descent with modification: the
unity underlying homology and
homoplasy as seen
through an
analysis of
development and evolution". Biological...
- on
auditory characters in
their petrosal bones, but this link may be a
homoplasy. Desmostylians,
traditionally considered tethytheres, have been tentatively...
