You Are Constructing a Phylogeny of a Hypothetical Group of Insects

question 7

Multiple Choice

You are constructing a phylogeny of a hypothetical group of insects. Several of the species have a pattern of four veins on the forewing while another group of species has a pattern of six veins. The three outgroups in your analysis all have a pattern of six veins. From this you can conclude that

• A) the trait of having six veins is a synapomorphy.
• B) the species with six veins are more closely related to each other than they are to the any of the species with four veins.
• C) the trait of having four veins is a synapomorphy.
• D) a and b
• E) b and c

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