parallel evolution
Development of similar forms or traits in related, but separate, species descending from the same ancestor, but occupying different clades.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
Development of similar forms or traits in related, but separate, species descending from the same ancestor, but occupying different clades.
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A character or trait shared by two or more unrelated taxa. Typically the result of convergent or parallel evolution.