Q. Evolutionary history of an organism is known as

A) Phylogeny
B) ancestry
C) Palaeontology
D) ontogeny
Explanation

Phylogeny (Gr. phylon=tribe or race; geneia=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 putative evolutionary relationships), i.e,dendrogram.

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