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- 1Convergent evolutionthe evolution of similar features in independant evolutionary lineages.
- 2AnalogySimilarity between two species that is due to convergent evolution rather than to descent from a common ancestor with the same trait.
- 3Homologysimilarity in characteristic resulting from a shared ancestry
- 4systematicsA scientific discipline focused on classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships.
- 5cladea group of species that includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants.
- 6cladograma branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species.
- 7parsimonytells us to choose the simplest scientific explanation that fits the evidence.
- 8rRNAribosome RNA
- 9mt DNAmitochondria DNA
- 10Monophyleticpertaining to a group of taxa that consists of a common ancestor and all of its descendants.
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