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Re: [aroid-l] Epipremnum
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From: "bamboochik" bamboochik at earthlink.net> on 2003.10.29 at 10:34:44(10752)
Hermine it just means that In biology, there exists a similar evolutionary
phenomenon, called ecological convergence, where unrelated plants and
organisms adopt similar traits necessary to survive in comparably
challenging environments....b.f.n...deb
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> [Original Message]
> From: Hermine
> To: ;
> Date: 10/28/2003 8:38:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Epipremnum
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> At 03:47 PM 10/28/2003, Peter Boyce wrote:
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> >Yes, but in a different way. These genera are not directly related - so
> >these are ecological convergences rather than parallels.
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> >Pete
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> well.....What i meant was when there is a special niche in the
environment
> for a particular kind of plant or animal, something seems to fill it...
> I do not understand "ecological convergence"...but i am very keen to know
> what you mean, in baby talk.
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> hermine
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