Scientists Often Depict Their Understanding of an Organism's Evolutionary Ancestry

question 26

Multiple Choice

Scientists often depict their understanding of an organism's evolutionary ancestry in diagrams called __________________.

• A)phylogenetic trees
• B)branchograms
• C)taxonomic trees
• D)ancestral trees
• E)classification trees

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Definitions:

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