Convergent evolution is responsible for the ... In each case, evolutionary adaptations allow them to exploit a food niche of ants and termites, but the developments occurred independently.

Convergent evolution occurs when organisms that aren’t ... time that species that we assumed were only distantly related had evolved the same or similar adaptations to the same environmental pressures ...

Results of a study show convergent genetic adaptation under hypoxia (lack of oxygen) between populations living at ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

EPAS1-driven adaptation mechanisms enable tumor cells to proliferate under hypoxia and similarly, allow high-altitude ...