It gets complicated
Phenotypic plasticity, and how to determine if the trait is plastic or not!
Check out my youtube video for the explanation! :)
Convergence, Natural Selection, 'Survival of the Fittest'
1.) A great example of convergence from the "Improbably Destinies" Chapter 1 was the example of caffeine-producing species. 2.) Convergent evolution is when multiple species have similar traits but do not have a common ancestor. The multiple species independently evolve these similar traits. Divergent evolution is quite the opposite of convergent evolution. Divergent evolution is when related species have evolved similar traits, while convergent evolution is for species who have evolved similar traits and do not have a common ancestor. 3.) The example in #1 showcases convergent evolution because it talks of how these multiple species, cacao, tea, and coffee all produce caffeine but they are on different branches of the evolutionary tree as the diagram below shows. This shows that these species, cacao, tea, and coffee all evolved the caffeine-producing trait independently from one another. 4.) Due to natural selection, these species could have developed convergent features be...
First of all your video is awesome, totally jealous. Secondly I really liked how you explained the difference between phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary adaptation because that is something that can get confusing.
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