This is evidence that quite separate, independent episodes of molecular evolution occurred, with the same functional results. This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms ...

It should also improve our understanding of convergent evolution. Elongated body shapes have evolved independently numerous times across the tree of life. Besides Anguilliformes, other clades with eel ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts.