convergent evolution

Instead, they seemed to evolve on different timelines for different creatures, what evolutionary biologists call convergent evolution.

It has popped up independently in seven variants in what appears to be a case of “convergent evolution.”

Some public health researchers have noted that this is likely what’s known as convergent evolution, a phenomenon where organisms unrelated to each other evolve similar traits that help them survive.

To scientists, the copycat mutations arising in different continents means the virus is undergoing “convergent evolution.”

Nor are signs of a convergent evolution wanting on the economic side.