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Noun
  1. The degree to which two or more things diverge.
  2. (mathematics) the operator which maps a function F=(F1,... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number
  3. (obsolete) disagreement; difference
  4. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
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The radiation of modern felines began with the divergence of the Panthera lineage.
A series of overlapping windows representing the full range of sequence divergence were defined.
While it was believed that dinosaurs and pterosaurs derived from the thecodonts, no one had a good idea of where the divergence had occurred.
The divergence of the P elements is intermediate between that of each of the two host genes.
This divergence may be explained by genomic differences between these two species that are reflected in their relative robustness.
However, due to the ambiguity in the phylogenetic analyses, this divergence is shown as an unresolved trichotomy.

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