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Divergent evolution is the evolutionary pattern in which (according to mainstream biological thought) two characters gradually become increasingly different. Divergent evolution occurs (it is theorized) when a character is subject to different selective pressures or sufficient [[genetic drift]].

Divergent evolution is a pattern in which (according to mainstream evolutionary thought) two characters gradually become increasingly different. Divergent evolution occurs (it is theorized) when a character is subject to different selective pressures or sufficient [[genetic drift]]. According to this theory, two groups develop into distinct species due to differences in the demands driven by the environmental circumstances.

This existance of this mechanism has been demonstrated in a labratory setting.<ref>Yoshikuni Y, Ferrin TE, Keasling JD. Designed divergent evolution of enzyme function. Nature. 2006 Feb 22</ref>

Nearly half of Americans reject the common ancestry of life predicted by the [[theory of evolution]] (in which divergant evolution is thought to play a role), on Biblical grounds. Other Americans would be willing to believe the theory, if any proof were shown to them{fact}.  

One example of divergant evolution is where two groups develop into distinct species due to differences in the demands driven by the environmental circumstances.

A recent article in ''Nature'' supposedly has demostrated the existence of this mechanism in a labratory setting.<ref>Yoshikuni Y, Ferrin TE, Keasling JD. Designed divergent evolution of enzyme function. Nature. 2006 Feb 22</ref>

 

Nearly half of Americans reject the common ancestry of life predicted by the [[theory of evolution]] (in which divergant evolution is thought to play a role), on Biblical grounds. Other Americans would be willing to believe the theory, if any proof were shown to them{fact}.  

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/converge.html Patterns of Evolution]

*[http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/converge.html Patterns of Evolution]