codivergence

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

co- +‎ divergence

Noun[edit]

codivergence (usually uncountable, plural codivergences)

  1. Mutual divergence.
    • 2015 August 1, “Host Jumps and Radiation, Not Co‐Divergence Drives Diversification of Obligate Pathogens. A Case Study in Downy Mildews and Asteraceae”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The numbers of codivergence and host shift events were always higher than duplication and sorting, regardless of different cost settings, signalling that these events are dominating the evolutionary history of the host-parasite system.