Convergent phenotypic evolution, the independent acquisition of similar or nearly identical traits in multiple species, is widespread throughout the tree of life. These cases of repeated evolution ...

Convergent evolution—where distinct species independently evolve similar traits or functions, such as the wings of birds and bats—has long fascinated biologists. Now, a research team led by Prof. Zou ...

A new sunflower family tree used skimmed genomes to increase the number of species sampled, revealing that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, ...