Answer:homoplasy
Explanation:A homoplasy are characteristic shared by a particular group of species but these characteristics did not originate from a common ancestor. These characters have evolved independently. A homoplasy is the opposite of a homology, homology and homoplasy
both refers to biologically shared characteristics amongst species but in homology these shared characteristics are from a common ancestor whilst in homoplasy the shared characteristics are not from a common ancestor ,they originate independently.