Medical Definition of Convergent evolution

1. The process where two unrelated structures in unrelated organisms evolve to perform similar functions. (The structures are called analogous structures.) For example: the wings of bats, birds, and insects evolved separately from each other but all are used to perform the function of flying. For another example: the complex eyes of vertebrates, cephalopods (squid and octopus), cubozoan jellyfish, and arthropods (insects, spiders, crustaceans) evolved separately, but all perform the function of vision. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Convergent Evolution

conventuals
converge
converged
convergence
convergence
convergence-retraction nystagmus
convergences
convergence excess
convergence insufficiency
convergence nucleus of Perlia
convergencies
convergency
convergent
convergent
Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction
convergent evolution (current term)
convergent squint
convergent strabismus
convergent strabismus
convergent thinker
convergent thinking
converges
converging
converging lens
converging meniscus
conversable
conversance
conversances
conversancies
conversancy

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