Garis keturunan

Garis keturunan evolusi adalah keturunan spesies, yang membentuk keturunan sebuah garis keturunan, setiap spesies baru merupakan hasil langsung dari spesiasi dari spesies leluhurnya.^[1]^[2] Garis keturunan merupakan rangkaian dari pohon evolusi kehidupan. Garis keturunan sering ditentukan oleh teknik sistematika molekuler.

^ The University of California, Berkeley resource on understanding evolution defines a lineage as "A continuous line of descent; a series of organisms, populations, cells, or genes connected by ancestor/descendent relationships." Understanding Evolution, Glossary of Terms Diarsipkan 2017-12-01 di Wayback Machine.
^ The Oxford English Dictionary defines biological lineage as "a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor."OED definition of lineage Diarsipkan 2008-10-05 di Wayback Machine.

[1] The University of California, Berkeley resource on understanding evolution defines a lineage as "A continuous line of descent; a series of organisms, populations, cells, or genes connected by ancestor/descendent relationships." Understanding Evolution, Glossary of Terms Diarsipkan 2017-12-01 di Wayback Machine.

[2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines biological lineage as "a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor."OED definition of lineage Diarsipkan 2008-10-05 di Wayback Machine.

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