Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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About the convergent evolution and explanation in support of the theory of descent with modification.

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Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar characteristics in species of different ancestry. Descent with modification is simply passing traits from parents to their progenies. This theory is the fundamental idea behind Darwin’s evolution theory.

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