Phenotypic similarities that provide no information about shared ancestry because they are not inherited from a common ancestor are ____.
A) homologies
B) homoplasies
C) morphological
D) anatomical
E) physiological

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Homoplasies refer to phenotypic similarities that do not arise from shared ancestry but rather from convergent evolution or parallel evolution, where different species independently evolve similar traits.

Phenotypic Similarities That Provide No Information About Shared Ancestry Because