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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=phylogenetics">phylogenetics</a>, a <b>primitive</b> (or <b>ancestral</b> or <b>basal</b>) character, trait, or feature of a lineage or <a href="page.php?w=taxon">taxon</a> is one  that is inherited from the <a href="page.php?w=common_ancestor">common ancestor</a> of a <a href="page.php?w=clade">clade</a> (or clade group) and has undergone little change since. Conversely, a trait that only appears in some members of the clade group, but not all, is called <b>advanced</b> or <b>derived</b>. A <a href="page.php?w=clade">clade</a></p><p>
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