Re-semblance and re-evolution: Paramorphism and semiotic co-option may explain the re-evolution of similar phenotypes.

The independent emergence of similar features in phylogenetically nonallied groups of organisms has usually been explained as the result of similar selection pressures particular to specific environments. This explanation has been more or less helpful in elucidating convergent resemblances among org...

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Publicado en:	Sign Systems Studies Vol. 38; no. 1-4; pp. 378 - 393
Autor principal:	Kleisner, Karel
Formato:	Essay
Publicado:	University of Tartu 2010
Materias:	Semiotics Resemblance (Philosophy) Evolutionary theories Phenotypes Organisms Causation (Philosophy)
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