TREE IDENTIFICATION
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Phylogeny is:
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Analysis of the evolutionary or ancestral relationships among taxa
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Classifying animals by structure
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Analyzing mutations in organisms
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Determining when animals evolved
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A phylogenetic tree, also known as a phylogeny, is a diagram that depicts the lines of evolutionary descent of different species, organisms, or genes from a common ancestor.
Detailed explanation-2: -A phylogenetic tree is constructed based on the patterns of ancestral and derived traits. The various branches are based on having or not having a particular trait or group of traits. (Derived traits are most useful!) Derived traits are evidence of a shared evolutionary heritage.
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