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phylogeny  

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  • A phylogeny is an evolutionary history of an organism or group of organisms; it may be interpreted as a genealogical tree, an ancestor and descendant lineage, or as systematic relationships of form within a classification scheme. Phylogenies are studied principally in the fields of phylogenet-ics and systematics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture; Phylogeny]

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