Homoplasy

(Evolutionary Biology)

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Evolutionary Biology
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What is Homoplasy?

Homoplasy, in biology and phylogenetics, is when a trait has been gained or lost independently in separate lineages over the course of evolution. This is different from homology, which is the similarity of traits can be parsimoniously explained by common ancestry. Homoplasy can arise from both similar selection pressures acting on adapting species, and the effects of genetic drift. Most often, homoplasy is viewed as a similarity in morphological traits. However, homoplasy may also appear in other trait types, such as similarity in the genetic sequence, life cycle types or even behavioral traits.

Technology Types

biological conceptevolutionary biologyphylogenetic

Synonyms

homoplasieshomoplastic

Co-Occuring

consistencyhomoplasyindelsmutationsnucleotide-alignmentphylogeny

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