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Fig. 3 | Evolution: Education and Outreach

Fig. 3

From: Charting Evolution’s Trajectory: Using Molluscan Eye Diversity to Understand Parallel and Convergent Evolution

Fig. 3

Different evolutionary trajectories seen in convergent and parallel evolution. a In convergent evolution, ancestral phenotypes (A 0 and B 0 ) are unalike but reach a similar endpoint in the descendent taxa (A and B). b In parallel evolution, ancestral phenotypes (C 0 and D 0 ) are similar and evolve in trajectories towards similar endpoints in the descendents (C and D)

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Evolution: Education and Outreach

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