mosaic evolution

A similar theory, mosaic evolution has appeared since King Gregory's death.

Tiktaalik was therefore a transitional fossil, and an example of mosaic evolution.

This situation, where different traits of an animal evolve at different rates, is known as mosaic evolution.

The monotremes are a mixture of primitive and advanced traits, a situation known as mosaic evolution.

This is typical of transitional fossils undergoing mosaic evolution.

This is called mosaic evolution.

"Spatial mosaic evolution of snail defensive traits".

This is characteristic of transitional fossils ('missing links'), and is called modular evolution or mosaic evolution.

Mosaic evolution (or modular evolution) is the concept that evolutionary change takes place in some body parts or systems without simultaneous changes in other parts.

De Beer worked on paleornithology and general evolutionary theory, and was largely responsible for elucidating the concept of mosaic evolution, as illustrated by his review of Archaeopteryx in 1954.

Fossil remains of other Eocene bats, Icaronycteris, Archaeonycteris, Palaeochiropteryx, Hassianycteris and Australonycteris all show a similar mixture of basal and derived traits, as expected by mosaic evolution.

The current hypothesis pertaining to the evolution of the saber-toothed phenotype, made possible by Batollnes-1, states that this phenotype arose gradually overtime through mosaic evolution (as concluded by Anton and Salesa).