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Polyphyly

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37) Science Natural science Biology Taxonomy Phylogenetics
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Basically mean that parallel evolution happened. Some cool ones:
  • homeothermy: mammals and birds
  • animal flight: bats, birds and insects
  • multicellularity: evolved a bunch of times
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Polyphyly
The cool thing about parallel evolution is that it shows how complex phenotype can evolve from very different initial genetic conditions, highlighting the great power of evolution.
We list some cool ones at: polyphyly.

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