Divergent evolution or divergent selection is the accumulation of differences between closely related populations within a species, sometimes leading to...

traits tend to evolve from having similar environmental pressures. Divergent evolution is the process of speciation. This can happen in several ways: Allopatric...

convergence is divergent evolution, where related species evolve different traits. Convergent evolution is similar to parallel evolution, which occurs...

similarity is strong evidence that two sequences are related by divergent evolution from a common ancestor. Alignments of multiple sequences are used...

selection represents a primary factor for genital evolution. Male genitalia show traits of divergent evolution that are driven by sexual selection. The visible...

Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response...

characteristics Divergent evolution – Accumulation of differences between closely related species populations, leading to speciation Divergent evolution in animals –...

economics and evolution of nectar-eating species; for example, nectar foraging behavior is largely responsible for the divergent evolution of the African...

species in the lineage at any point in time, as opposed to cases where divergent evolution produces contemporary species with a common ancestor. The related...

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid...