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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Published in:	Sign Systems Studies Vol. 38; no. 1-4; pp. 378 - 393
Main Author:	Kleisner, Karel
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of Tartu 2010
Subjects:	Semiotics Resemblance (Philosophy) Evolutionary theories Phenotypes Organisms Causation (Philosophy)
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