Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution inspired serrated structure for improving efficiency of soil imprinting and its mechanism investigation
... of convergent evolution in the resemblance of the digging claws of Mole rat (Scaptochirus moschatus), Mole crickets (Gryllotalpa orientalis Burmeister), Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), and Dung beetle ...
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Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals
... Our findings demonstrate that KLK1-like proteins are the major functional components of solenodon venom. S1 serine proteases are common constituents of animal venoms, with diverse venomous taxa such as snakes, lizards, ...
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Convergent evolution within the V3 loop domain of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in association with disease progression.
... 41). Convergent evolution, or the acquisition of identical amino acids and function in two lineages after they have di- verged, could also explain the finding ...
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Adaptation and Convergent Evolution within the Jamesonia-Eriosorus Complex in High-Elevation Biodiverse Andean Hotspots
... and convergent evolution to novel habitats (exposed, high-altitude pa´ramo habitats) in the Andean fern genera Jamesonia and ...with convergent evolution in response to the demands of a highly ...
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Structural colouration of avian skin: convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays
... Although birds with structurally coloured skin are phylogenetically and ecologically diverse, the trait appears to have evolved most frequently in interior humid rainforest birds. For example, nearly all species with ...
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Charting Evolution’s Trajectory: Using Molluscan Eye Diversity to Understand Parallel and Convergent Evolution
... of convergent evolution was the likeness between the camera-type eyes of cephalopods and vertebrates (Darwin 1872; Packard 1972; Futuyma 1998; Land and Nilsson ...both convergent and parallel ...for ...
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Promiscuous Enzyme Activity as a Driver of Allo and Iso Convergent Evolution, Lessons from the -Lactamases
... (iso-convergent evolution). We propose here that when allo-convergent evolution is evidenced iso-convergent evolution should be also ...iso-convergent evolution ...
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Massive comparative genomic analysis reveals convergent evolution of specialized bacteria
... reductive evolution has been associ- ated with metabolic parasitism or mutualism, during adaptation to an intracellular habitat ...genome evolution of studied bacteria ...of evolution from the larger ...
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Isolated intermediates products of long distance gene dispersal, phantom hybridity or convergent evolution? The case of the half barked Eucalyptus amygdalina
... KIRKPATRICK, J.B. & POTTS, B.M., 1987 (30:vi): Isolated intermediates� products of long distance gene dispersal, phantom hybridity or convergent evolution'! The case of the half-barked Eucalyptus ...
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Convergent evolution of neural systems in ctenophores
... Pleurobrachia is a very abundant ctenophore species in the North Pacific Ocean; whereas the closely related P. pileus is found in the Atlantic Ocean. These species are perfectly amenable to various experimental ...
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Convergent evolution of pregnancy-specific glycoproteins in human and horse
... TITLE: Convergent evolution of pregnancy-specific glycoproteins in human and horse AUTHORS: Aleksic, D; Blaschke, L; Missbach, S; Hänske, J; Weiss, W; Handler, J; Zimmermann, W; Cabrera-Sharp, V; Read, J E; ...
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Structural colouration of mammalian skin: convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays
... Darwin (1871) concluded that: “No other mammal is coloured in so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill”, whose colours “compare with those of the most brilliant birds.” Indeed, his apt comparison turns out to ...
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Longitudinal Analysis of the Evolution and Dissemination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains (Saskatchewan, Canada, 2005 to 2008) Reveals Three Major Circulating Strains and Convergent Evolution of Ciprofloxacin and Azithromycin Resistance
... and evolution of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Saskatchewan that were col- lected between 2005 and ...the convergent acquisition of these antibiotic-resistant ...
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Convergent Evolution Driven by Rifampin Exacerbates the Global Burden of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
... Phylogenetic analysis. The complete alignment of the 7,099 genomes was filtered with SNP sites (41) (v2.3.2) to remove monomorphic sites and then trimmed with Trimal (42) (v1.4.rev15) to retain only alignment positions ...
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Sclerorhynchus atavus and the convergent evolution of rostrum bearing chondrichthyans
... Whilst the diversity of the sclerorhynchids is not in doubt, their affinities are less certain, and there have been few attempts at placing them within a phylogeny of the Batoidea (e.g. Kriwet 2004). They possess few ...
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Multiple gene analyses of caligid copepods indicate that the reduction of a thoracic appendage in Pseudocaligus represents convergent evolution
... Phylogenetic analyses were performed using the max- imum likelihood methodology in PhyML [19] with the general time-reversible substitution model selected and 1000 bootstrap repeats, and Bayesian inference (BI) analysis ...
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Convergent evolution of tRNA gene targeting preferences in compact genomes
... the evolution of TRE5- and TRE3-like elements using the complete ORF2 sequences of ...the evolution of TRE5 and TRE3 in separate subfamilies with the excep- tion of Dd_TRE3-C, which appeared to be more ...
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Convergent evolution of the ladder-like ventral nerve cord in Annelida
... Taken together, our study illustrates the complexity when it comes to evolutionary changes of organ system morphologies, but also shows the importance of phylo- genetic analyses to test alternative hypotheses, e.g. re- ...
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Insular woodiness on the Canary Islands: a remarkable case of convergent evolution
... massive convergent evolutionary trends toward in- sular woodiness on the Canary Islands, it is intriguing to see that the majority of native angiosperms have never evolved to insular woodiness (66% of the ...
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Abundant Mitochondrial Genome Diversity, Population Differentiation and Convergent Evolution in Pines
... Analysis of molecular variance also revealed that .90% of the variation resided among populations. For the purposes of genetic conservation and breeding programs, species and populations could be readily distinguished by ...
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