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joe

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on: Jul 10, 2018
A hypothesis regarding ancestor-descendant relationships that includes a time scale is called a
 
  a. cladogram
  b. phylogenetic tree
  c. phylogram tree
  d. hypogram tree
  e. hypoplastic tree

Question 2

In grouping organisms together in a cladistic classification, the most important characteristics are those that are
 
  a. ancestral
  b. shared derived (modified)
  c. shared primitive
  d. analogous
  e. homologous


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

b

Answer to Question 2

b


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