Recent findings of sequence convergence in the Prestin gene among some bats and cetaceans suggest that parallel adaptations for high-frequency hearing have taken place during the evolution of ...

Convergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins. Current Biology, 2010; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.058 Ying Li, Zhen Liu, Peng Shi, Jianzhi Zhang.

8 Fascinating Examples of Convergent Evolution This is when unrelated species evolve to have functionally similar features. By Catie Leary Updated July 23, 2024 ...

Convergent evolution is when different organisms independently evolve similar traits. For example, sharks and dolphins look relatively similar despite being entirely unrelated. Sharks are egg ...

Science Fiction often shows us aliens who look much like humans, and suggest this is a result of convergent evolution to ...

How did we discover convergent evolution? Scientists have known for a long time that species that we assumed were only distantly related had evolved the same or similar adaptations to the same ...