What Is True of the Phylogenetic Tree in the Figure

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is true of the phylogenetic tree in the figure?
1) It depicts uncertainty about whether the bryophytes or the vascular plants evolved first.
2) It is hypothetical.
3) It shows that ferns are the closest living relatives to the seed plants.
4) It indicates that seeds are a shared ancestral character of all vascular plants.

• A)1 only
• B)2 only
• C)3 and 4 only
• D)1 and 3 only

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