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Download or read book Homoplasy written by Michael J. Sanderson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1996-10-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do unrelated organisms sometimes appear almost identical in details of the anatomy, behavior, physiology, and ecology? Homoplasy assembles leaders in evolutionary biology to explore issues of parallelism, convergence, and reversals. This innovative book is certain to provoke discussion of homoplasy compelling evidence for particular theories of evolutionary change The first book on this increasingly interesting subject Includes authoritative treatments from leading experts expressing a variety of viewpoints