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Traits that reflect specific evolutionary lineages and can be informative of evolutionary relationships are called
 
  a. ancestral (primitive).
  b. acquired.
  c. derived (modified).
  d. convergent characters.
  e. analogies.

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Structural similarities shared by a wide array of distantly related species that are inherited from a common ancestor, such as the number of bones in the forelimb, are termed
 
  a. specialized.
  b. ancestral (primitive).
  c. adaptive radiations.
  d. analogies.
  e. derived (modified).


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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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