A phylogenetic tree is a diagram that describes a phylogeny. A phylogeny is

A. the evolutionary history of a species or group of species.
B. the geographic distribution of populations in a species.
C. the generations of individuals in a population.
D. the distribution of species in a given area in time.
E. a list of character traits of individual species set in a tree diagram.


A. the evolutionary history of a species or group of species.

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