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Section 2

Determining Evolutionary Relationships

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Distinguishing between Similar Traits

Similar traits can be either homologous structures that share an embryonic origin or analogous structures that share a function.

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Building Phylogenetic Trees

A phylogenetic tree sorts organisms into clades or groups of organisms that descended from a single ancestor using maximum parsimony.

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