The definition, recognition, and interpretation of convergent evolution, and two new measures for quantifying and assessing the significance of convergence

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2140-2153

  Stayton, C Tristan ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraint; Evolutionary simulations; Homoplasy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH WORK; SIMULATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84940459077     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12729     Document Type: Article

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