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Which term refers to a group that includes the most recent ancestor but not all its descendants?
Which term refers to a group that includes the most recent ancestor but not all its descendants?
- Symplesiomorphy
- Polyphyletic
- Divergence
- Paraphyletic (correct)
What is the term for the formation of two separate lineages from one common ancestor?
What is the term for the formation of two separate lineages from one common ancestor?
- Divergence (correct)
- Polyphyletic
- Topology
- Symplesiomorphy
What does a phylogram represent?
What does a phylogram represent?
- Topology
- Absolute time scale (correct)
- Branching structure
- Cladogram
What is the term for composed of unrelated organisms descended from more than one ancestor?
What is the term for composed of unrelated organisms descended from more than one ancestor?
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What does symplesiomorphy refer to?
What does symplesiomorphy refer to?
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