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Talk:Convergent evolution (view source)
Revision as of 02:59, February 10, 2011
, 02:59, February 10, 2011Convergence vs Homology
How do organisms share a character via a process? I don't get it. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 09:37, 4 April 2008 (EDT)
How do organisms share a character via a process? I don't get it. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 09:37, 4 April 2008 (EDT)
:: Is it clearer now? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:44, 4 April 2008 (EDT)
:: Is it clearer now? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:44, 4 April 2008 (EDT)
==Convergence vs Homology==
It currently says "In evolutionary biology, convergent evolution is the process by which two organisms or taxonomic groups have a character in common due to independently adapting to a similar environment or niche, not by homology." but then mentions "morphology between bats and birds" Now, while flight is a convergent characteristic between the two (as they did not share a flying common ancestor), their flight limbs are homologous (both forelimbs in the vertebrate body plan)... insect wings are analogous to birds and bats; while they both do the same thing (enable flight by flapping) they are an entirely different structure. So... this should probably be cleaned up. -- [[User:Limulus|Limulus]] 21:59, 9 February 2011 (EST)