homoplasy
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Etymology
Coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1870,[1] from homo- + -plasy, formed from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “similar, alike, the same”) and πλάσσω (plássō, “to shape, to mold”).
Noun
homoplasy (countable and uncountable, plural homoplasies)
- (evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
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References
- ^ Lankester ER (1870). "On the use of the term homology in modern zoology, and the distinction between homogenetic and homoplastic agreements", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6 (31): 34–43.