Sriram Bird Photographer (left) and Ondrej Prosicky (right)/ Shutterstock What is the difference between convergent and divergent evolution? Divergent evolution is the opposite of convergent evolution ...

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 ...

Phenotypic convergence, the appearance of similar forms in independent lineages, provides an opportunity for testing the predictability of genetic evolution. Similar phenotypes in different lineages ...