Homoplasy

Translation of "homoplasy" into Russian

Noun

homoplasy

homoplasies pl

Biology / phylogenetics term; countable and sometimes uncountable.

Термин биологии/филогенетики; сходство, не обусловленное общим происхождением.

The wings of bats and birds represent a textbook case of homoplasy.

Крылья летучих мышей и птиц представляют собой классический пример гомоплазии.

Adjective

homoplasy

Relational adjective, used attributively (e.g., "homoplasy signal").

Additional translations

Обозначает признаки, связанные с гомоплазией; употребляется в научных текстах.

Noun

The independent evolution of similar traits in different species or lineages, resulting in a similarity that is not due to shared ancestry.

The wings of bats and birds represent a textbook case of homoplasy.

Adjective

Relating to or involving homoplasy.

Homoplasy characters were removed from the data set to reduce noise in the analysis.