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  2. Forelimb - Wikipedia

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    The forelimbs of cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians presents a classic example of convergent evolution. There is widespread convergence at the gene level. [19] Distinct substitutions in common genes created various aquatic adaptations, most of which constitute parallel evolution because the substitutions in question are not unique to those ...

  3. List of examples of convergent evolution - Wikipedia

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    The flipper forelimbs of marine mammals (cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians) are a classic example of convergent evolution. There is widespread convergence at the gene level. [ 6 ] Distinct substitutions in common genes created various aquatic adaptations, most of which also constitute parallel evolution because the substitutions in question ...

  4. Homology (biology) - Wikipedia

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    A common example of homologous structures is the forelimbs of vertebrates, where the wings of bats and birds, the arms of primates, the front flippers of whales, and the forelegs of four-legged vertebrates like horses and crocodilians are all derived from the same ancestral tetrapod structure.

  5. Flipper (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The forelimbs of cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians presents a classic example of convergent evolution. There is widespread convergence at the gene level. [7] Distinct substitutions in common genes created various aquatic adaptations, most of which constitute parallel evolution because the substitutions in question are not unique to those animals.

  6. Limb (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Limbs are attached to the torso via girdles, either the pectoral girdle for the forelimbs, or the pelvic girdle for the hindlimbs.In terrestrial tetrapods, the pectoral girdles are more mobile, floating over the rib cage connected only via the clavicles (to the sternum) and numerous muscles; while the pelvic girdles are typically fused together anteriorly via a fibrocartilaginous joint and ...

  7. Fossorial - Wikipedia

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    Broad and stout forelimbs , including long claws, designed to loosen the burrowing material for the hind feet to disperse in the back. This trait is disputed by Jorge Cubo, who states that the skull is the main tool during excavation, but that the most active parts are the forelimbs for digging and that the hind-limbs are used for stability.

  8. Photos show well-preserved remains of baby mammoth found in ...

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    Here, for example, even though the forelimbs have already been eaten, the head is remarkably well preserved," Cherpasov said. The carcass of a baby mammoth was recently found in the Siberian ...

  9. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    Some of the frogs are quite accomplished gliders, for example, the Chinese flying frog Rhacophorus dennysi can maneuver in the air, making two kinds of turn, either rolling into the turn (a banked turn) or yawing into the turn (a crabbed turn). [54] [55] Hylidae flying frogs. The other frog family that contains gliders. [56]