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<p><b>Homoplasy</b>, in <a href="page.php?w=biology">biology</a> and <a href="page.php?w=phylogenetics">phylogenetics</a>, is the term used to describe a <a href="page.php?w=Phenotypic_trait">feature</a> that has been gained or lost independently in separate lineages over the course of evolution. This is different from <a href="page.php?w=Homology_%28biology%29">homology</a>, which is the term used to characterize the similarity of features that can be parsimoniously explained by <a href="page.php?w=Common_descent">common ancestry</a>. Homoplasy</p><p>
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