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Convergent Evolution

Convergent Evolution is a pattern of evolutionary change in which similar phenotypic traits evolve independently in distinct lineages that lacked those traits in their last common ancestor, typically as adaptations to comparable ecological niches or selective pressures.

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The Limiting Similarity, Convergence, and Divergence of Coexisting Species

Robert H. MacArthur, Richard Levins · The American Naturalist · 1967 · 4.6K citations

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The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

Peter B. Reich · Journal of Ecology · 2014 · 3.9K citations · Full text

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Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

Erich D. Jarvis, Siavash Mirarab, Andre J. Aberer et al. · Science · 2014 · 2K citations · Full text

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Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of mitochondrial DNA evolution.

Andrew V. Z. Brower · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 1.6K citations

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Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

Guojie Zhang, Cai Li, Qiye Li et al. · Science · 2014 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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    Jonathan B. Losos

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    27 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. CD
    Chris D. Jiggins

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 2.2K citations

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    Axel Meyer

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    13 publications · 733 citations

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  4. AH
    Anthony Herrel

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    12 publications · 741 citations

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    W. Owen McMillan

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    10 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    50 h-index

    190 publications

    26.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    45 h-index

    276 publications

    18.3K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    38 h-index

    131 publications

    12.5K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    97 publications

    8.4K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    32 h-index

    249 publications

    22.3K citations

  6. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    31 h-index

    72 publications

    5.1K citations

  7. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    29 h-index

    86 publications

    8.6K citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    27 h-index

    78 publications

    10.3K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 82 publications · 13.4K citations

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  2. Evolution

    141 publications · 10.1K citations

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  3. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 78 publications · 5.7K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    51 publications · 2.5K citations

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