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Phylogeny Defined

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Phylogeny is the evolutionary history and relationship of an organism or group, showing shared ancestry rather than degree of physical similarity.

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A phylogeny placing two species on branches from the same recent ancestor states their shared ancestry, independent of whether they look alike.

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Phylogenetic relationship tracks shared ancestry specifically — it does not guarantee closely related organisms will look or behave similarly.