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Why is it so important for scientists to distinguish between homologous and analogous characteristics before building phylogenetic trees?
Phylogenetic trees are based on evolutionary connections. If an analogous similarity were used on a tree, this would be erroneous and, furthermore, would cause the subsequent branches to be inaccurate.
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