Multiple lineages of mutants competed for the same space.
Smith, V. S. et al. Multiple lineages of lice pass through the K-Pg boundary.
Ogilvy, S. et al. Constitutive Bcl-2 expression throughout the hematopoietic compartment affects multiple lineages and enhances progenitor cell survival.
Sanchez-Gurmaches, J. & Guertin, D. A. Adipocytes arise from multiple lineages that are heterogeneously and dynamically distributed.
Takasato, M. et al. Kidney organoids from human iPS cells contain multiple lineages and model human nephrogenesis.
In other words, there wasn't a single ancestor who evolved an eye that all other eyes developed from, but multiple ancestors in multiple lineages of animal.
Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be successively passaged and can differentiate into multiple lineages.
This state is maintained by an epigenetic mark through multiple lineages until the gene is expressed.
MSCs can self-renew, differentiate into multiple lineages, and exhibit proangiogenic and immunomodulatory effects.
Multiple lineages of avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium) in the Galapagos Islands and evidence for arrival via migratory birds.
Hematopoiesis is a tightly regulated process requiring the lifelong generation of sufficient mature cells of multiple lineages to replace aged cells.
