Difference between revisions of "homoplasy"

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	|lexical category=noun		|lexical category=noun
	|etymology=Greek <i>homos</i>, same; plastos, formed		|etymology=Greek <i>homos</i>, same; plastos, formed
−	|definition=Resemblance between parts or organs between different organisms due to evolutionary convergence or of parallel evolution.	+	|definition=Resemblance between parts or organs between different organisms due to evolutionary [[convergence]] or of parallel evolution.
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		+	|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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homoplasy also homoplassy (noun; Greek homos, same; plastos, formed): Resemblance between parts or organs between different organisms due to evolutionary convergence or of parallel evolution.