Evolutionary Analysis (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32161-667-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32161-667-8

Chapter 4 - Estimating Evolutionary Trees - Questions - Page 142: 9

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When a trait is gained or lost by a specie, the phenomenon is termed as homoplasy. Homoplasy make it more challenging to estimate evolutionary history as sometimes it can be falsely concluded that the specis are closely related on the basis of a tait, when they are actually not related.

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