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The evolutionary history of an organism is known as

A

ancestry

B

palaeonotology

C

ontogeny

D

phylogeny

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Phylogeny (Gr. Phy/on-tribe or race, geneio-origin) is the origin and diversification of any taxon or the evolutionary history of its origin and diversification. It is usually represented as a diagrammatic phylogenetic tree (that traces putati VE, evoluti1~nary relationsb ips), i.e. dendrogram
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