Examples of phenotypic innovations across the eukaryotic tree of life, to which newly developed approaches can be applied.
Examples of phenotypic innovations across the eukaryotic tree of life, to which newly developed approaches can be applied. What genetic changes are responsible for the evolution of phenotypic traits? This question is not always easy to answer. A newly developed method now makes the search much easier. With its powerful digging shovels, the European mole can burrow through the soil with ease. The same applies to the Australian marsupial mole. Although the two animal species live far apart, they have developed similar organs in the course of evolution - in their case, extremities ideally adapted for digging in the soil. Science speaks of "convergent evolution" in such cases, when animal, but also plant species independently develop features that have the same shape and function.
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