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What type of data can be used to infer evolutionary relationships by comparing the phenotypes of organisms?
Which method is NOT used to infer evolutionary relationships?
Which type of traits are seen in species because they share a recent common ancestor?
Radiometric dating is the most commonly used data for inferring evolutionary relationships today.
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Analogous traits are seen in species because they share a recent common ancestor.
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Linnaeus also classified mythological creatures in addition to real organisms.
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Which method is most commonly used today to infer evolutionary relationships by comparing the DNA sequences of organisms?
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Which type of traits are seen in species because they share a recent common ancestor?
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What did Linnaeus also classify in addition to real organisms?
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Which method is NOT used to infer evolutionary relationships?
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What type of data can be used to infer evolutionary relationships by comparing the phenotypes of organisms?
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Homoplastic traits are features that are similar between different species
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Homologous traits result from shared ancestry.
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Homoplastic traits arise independently between species exposed to similar pressures; similarities are not due to a recent common ancestor.
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Both homologous traits and homoplastic traits can be used to describe similarities between organisms.
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