Talk:phylogenetic tree
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The two separate senses are describing different aspects of the same thing. Combining them, of course, is the hard part. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 07:38, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
- I've had a go at merging them. Wyang (talk) 07:51, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Wyang: I think that's quite good. My only quibble is that it leaves out that the tree is a hypothesis and the relationships (as well as common origin in some cases) is only posited based on the evidence that went into making the tree. But maybe that's straying too far from the lexical path. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 15:23, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe tweak it to something like "A branching diagram illustrating probable evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities known or hypothesized to share a common ancestor."? - -sche (discuss) 05:19, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
- Edited along those lines. - -sche (discuss) 06:21, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- Maybe tweak it to something like "A branching diagram illustrating probable evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities known or hypothesized to share a common ancestor."? - -sche (discuss) 05:19, 21 January 2018 (UTC)