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Heredity, Natural Selection, and Evolution

Species and Population

What is phylogeny?

Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a group of species. This history is often displayed as a phylogenetic tree, in which individual species or groups of species are listed at the end of the branches. The points where the branches join indicate common ancestors.



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