Difference between revisions of "homoplasy"

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|etymology=Greek <i>homos</i>, same; plastos, formed
 
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 13 September 2013

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.