convergent evolution
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divergent evolutionadaptationanalogyhomoplasynatural selectionevolutionphylogenyphenotypegenotypespeciesorganismbiologyecologyenvironmenthabitatnicheselection pressurefitnessmorphologyanatomydivergenceconvergencehomologycladisticstaxonomylineageancestordescendantmutationgenetic driftspeciationadaptationismbiomeecosystemtraitcharacteristicfunctionutilityefficiencyoptimizationwingfineyelimbcamouflagemimicryphylogenetic treecladogramevolutionary biologycomparative anatomybioengineeringbiomimicryheredityinheritancevariationselectionsurvivalextinctionradiationadaptive radiationcoevolutionsymbiosismutualismcommensalismparasitismcompetitionpredationspecializationgeneralizationfitness landscape