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.