单词 | advergence |
释义 | advergencen. Biology. Originally: †the evolutionary tendency of a species to develop characteristics similar to those of another species (obsolete rare). In later use: spec. the process whereby a mimic (mimic n. 3a) evolves to resemble more closely a model (model n. 9b), which itself remains relatively unchanged (as distinct from the convergent evolution of two or more mimetic species). Cf. convergence n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > processes or types of evolution transmutation1626 substitution1822 subspeciation1826 metamorphosis1835 phytogenesis1847 phytogeny1850 anamorphosis1852 correlation1859 advergence1861 convergence1861 phylogeny1869 ontogeny1872 recapitulation1874 ontogenesis1875 phylogenesis1875 biogenesis1876 abiogenesis1884 anagenesis1889 tachygenesis1893 orthogenesis1895 adaptive radiation1898 speciation1906 microevolution1911 subspeciation1921 raciation1934 orthogenetics1937 encephalization1938 proterogenesis1938 allomorphosis1941 cladogenesis1953 Wallace effect1966 metachromism1968 punctuation1976 speciational evolution1988 tachygen- 1861 H. C. Watson Let. 19 Jan. in C. Darwin Corr. (2002) XIII. 436 Advergence would perhaps be a better term. Can you point out divergences in any plants, which are certainly not advergences towards some other plants? 1972 L. P. Brower & J. V. Z. Brower in Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. 44 57 (heading) Parallelism, convergence, divergence, and the new concept of advergence in the evolution of mimicry. 1993 R. L. H. Dennis Butterflies & Climate Change iii. 99 Mimicry complexes result in reduced pattern diversity by convergence but distinctive patterns by divergence and advergence. 2005 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 272 2273/1 We investigated the degree of advergence, i.e. the extent to which one prey type evolved towards the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1861 |
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