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==Divergent Evolution ==

==Divergent Evolution ==

When people hear the word "evolution," they most commonly think of divergent evolution<ref> http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/converge.html</ref>, the evolutionary pattern in which two species gradually become increasingly different. Divergent evolution occurs when a group from a specific population develops into a new species. In order to adapt to various environmental conditions, the two groups develop into distinct species due to differences in the demands driven by the environmental circumstances. On a large scale, divergent evolution could responsible for the creation of the current diversity of life on earth from the first living cells. On a smaller scale, it could responsible for the evolution of humans and apes from a common primate ancestor. On a molecular scale, it could be responsible for the evolution of new catalytic functions of enzymes and membrane protein topology. <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=11395407&dopt=Abstract</ref> <ref> http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=17552</ref>

When people hear the word "evolution," they most commonly think of divergent evolution<ref> http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/converge.html</ref>, the evolutionary pattern in which two species gradually become increasingly different. Divergent evolution occurs when a group from a specific population develops into a new species.  

 

In order to adapt to various environmental conditions, the two groups develop into distinct species due to differences in the demands driven by the environmental circumstances.  

 

On a large scale, divergent evolution could responsible for the creation of the current diversity of life on earth from the first living cells. On a smaller scale, it could responsible for the evolution of humans and apes from a common primate ancestor. On a molecular scale, it could be responsible for the evolution of new catalytic functions of enzymes and membrane protein topology. <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=11395407&dopt=Abstract</ref> <ref> http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=17552</ref>

==Divergent Evolution and Speciation==

==Divergent Evolution and Speciation==