• Several groups of ungulates have independently reduced or lost side digits on their feet, often leaving one or … See more

• While most plant species are perennial, about 6% follow an annual life cycle, living for only one growing season. The annual life cycle has evolved in over 120 plant families across the entire angiosperm phylogeny. … See more

• There are a variety of saprophytic and parasitic organisms that have evolved the habit of growing into their substrates as thin strands for extracellular digestion. This is most typical of the "true" fungi, but it has also evolve… See more

Here is a list of examples in which unrelated proteins have similar functions with different structure.
• The convergent orientation of the catalytic triad in the active site of serine and cysteine proteases independently … See more

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• McGhee, G.R. (2011) Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Ca… See more