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Convergent Evolution Animal Form and Function
This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key...
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Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses
Desiccation tolerance has evolved repeatedly in plants as an adaptation to survive extreme environments. Plants use similar biophysical and cellular...
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Structural variant landscapes reveal convergent signatures of evolution in sheep and goats
BackgroundSheep and goats have undergone domestication and improvement to produce similar phenotypes, which have been greatly impacted by structural...
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Convergent Evolution of Animal Adhesive Pads
Functional systems that evolve as a response to specific environmental challenges often exhibit convergent traits. Organs adapted for attachment to a...
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Resources and tools for studying convergent evolution in different lineages of smut fungi
Convergent evolution is the phenomenon of similar traits evolving independently in different lineages of the tree of life. Studying convergent...
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Testing for Convergent Evolution in Baleen Whale Cochleae
Mysticetes (baleen whales) include the largest animals on Earth and are renowned for their songs and long-distance communication. Even so, the scope...
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Convergent Evolution: Theory and Practice for Bioinspiration
For many biological systems different strategies, morphologies and/or behaviours have evolved in response to similar functional demands (a concept...
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Chemical cognition: chemoconnectomics and convergent evolution of integrative systems in animals
Neurons underpin cognition in animals. However, the roots of animal cognition are elusive from both mechanistic and evolutionary standpoints. Two...
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Convergent evolution of allele-specific gene expression that leads to non-small cell lung cancer in different human populations
Phenotypical innovations during evolution are caused by novel mutations, which are usually heterozygous at the beginning. The gene expressions on two...
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Holding in the stream: convergent evolution of suckermouth structures in Loricariidae (Siluriformes)
Suckermouth armoured catfish (Loricariidae) are a highly speciose and diverse freshwater fish family, which bear upper and lower lips forming an oral...
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Conclusion and Perspectives: What Convergent Evolution of Animal Forms and Functions Says About the Predictability of Evolution
Investigations into the convergent evolution of form and function have led to the idea that evolution is, to some extent, predictable. Developmental...
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Aquatic Locomotion: Environmental Constraints That Drive Convergent Evolution
The quintessential example of evolutionary convergence is that between the shark, ichthyosaur, and dolphin. Although not closely related, the three...
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Convergent genomic signatures associated with vertebrate viviparity
BackgroundViviparity—live birth—is a complex and innovative mode of reproduction that has evolved repeatedly across the vertebrate Tree of Life....
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Genomic Basis of Freshwater Adaptation in the Palaemonid Prawn Genus Macrobrachium: Convergent Evolution Following Multiple Independent Colonization Events
Adaptation to different salinity environments can enhance morphological and genomic divergence between related aquatic taxa. Species of prawns in the...
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Balanophora genomes display massively convergent evolution with other extreme holoparasites and provide novel insights into parasite–host interactions
Parasitic plants have evolved to be subtly or severely dependent on host plants to complete their life cycle. To provide new insights into the...
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Genomic signatures of convergent shifts to plunge-diving behavior in birds
Understanding the genetic basis of convergence at broad phylogenetic scales remains a key challenge in biology. Kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae) are a...
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Development of MEMS directed evolution strategy for multiplied throughput and convergent evolution of cytochrome P450 enzymes
Directed evolution (DE) inspired by natural evolution (NE) has been achieving tremendous successes in protein/enzyme engineering. However, the...
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Differential MC5R loss in whales and manatees reveals convergent evolution to the marine environment
Melanocortin 5 receptor ( MC5R ), which is expressed in the terminally differentiated sebaceous gland, is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). MC5R ...
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Convergent gene losses and pseudogenizations in multiple lineages of stomachless fishes
The regressive evolution of independent lineages often results in convergent phenotypes. Several teleost groups display secondary loss of the...
