{"id":5493,"date":"2026-05-07T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=5493"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:16:14","slug":"convergenza-evolutiva","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/convergenza-evolutiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolutionary convergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5493\" class=\"elementor elementor-5493\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee16917 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee16917\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16b484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a16b484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"232\">Process by which organisms belonging to different evolutionary lineages independently develop <strong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"161\">similar characteristics<\/strong>in response to similar environmental conditions or selective pressures. These similarities do not stem from a common ancestor that already possessed that trait, but from similar adaptive solutions resulting from a common environmental stimulus.<\/p><p data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"383\">The structures produced by this process are called <strong data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"668\">analogous structures<\/strong>because they perform similar functions but have different evolutionary origins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b0d13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79b0d13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1f155 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6d1f155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672a65a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"672a65a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0783632 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0783632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Browse the in-depth slides (currently available in Italian)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ac48f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42ac48f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2b104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-embedpress_pdf\" data-id=\"2e2b104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"embedpress_pdf.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"embedpress-document-embed ep-doc-85ccf974eacd9ec406d0b8b681ed228b ose-document emebedpress-unit-percent\" data-thememode=\"default\" data-customcolor=\"\" data-toolbar=\"yes\" data-toolbar-position=\"top\" data-open=\"no\" data-presentation-mode=\"yes\" data-download=\"yes\" data-copy=\"yes\" data-add-image=\"yes\" data-rotate=\"yes\" data-details=\"yes\" data-id=\"embedpress-pdf-2e2b104\" data-selection-tool=\"0\" data-scrolling=\"0\" data-spreads=\"-1\" style=\" max-width:100%; 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Queste somiglianze non derivano da un antenato comune che possedeva gi&agrave; quel carattere, ma da soluzioni adattative simili causate da uno stesso stimolo ambientale.<br>\nLe strutture prodotte dalla <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Convergenza evolutiva&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Processo per cui organismi appartenenti a linee evolutive differenti sviluppano caratteristiche simili in modo indipendente, come risposta a condizioni ambientali o pressioni selettive analoghe. Queste somiglianze non derivano da un antenato comune che possedeva gi&agrave; quel carattere, ma da soluzioni adattative simili causate da uno stesso stimolo ambientale.Le strutture prodotte dalla convergenza evolutiva sono chiamate strutture analoghe, perch&eacute; svolgono funzioni simili ma hanno origini evolutive differenti.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/convergenza-evolutiva\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">convergenza evolutiva<\/a> sono chiamate strutture analoghe, perch&eacute; svolgono funzioni simili ma hanno origini evolutive differenti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5493","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Convergenza evolutiva - Fossili Regionali<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/convergenza-evolutiva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Convergenza evolutiva - Fossili Regionali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Processo per cui organismi appartenenti a linee evolutive differenti sviluppano caratteristiche simili in modo indipendente, come risposta a condizioni ambientali o pressioni selettive analoghe. 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