What is adaptive convergence? Adaptive convergence is the phenomenon by which living organisms which face the same environmental pressure (problems) and which are subject to genetic variability and natural selection incorporate similar (analogous) organs and structures (solutions) into their bodies during evolution. An example of this is the fins and the hydrodynamic body of fish and dolphins, which are phylogenetically distant animals.
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