The Table Shows the Distribution of Traits (A-E) in Six

question 16

Multiple Choice

The table shows the distribution of traits (A-E) in six extant species (1-6) .A "0" indicates the ancestral condition, and a "1" indicates the derived condition.Which trait is least informative of phylogenetic relationships within the group?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A metric indicating the extent of variability or spread in a collection of values, denoting how far away the values deviate from the average.

Standard Normal Distribution

A type of normal distribution where the mean is 0 and the standard deviation is 1, used in statistics for z-score calculations.

Variance

A statistical measurement of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, indicating how much the individual data points differ from the mean.

Normally Distributed

Relates to a distribution that follows a normal distribution, with data symmetrically distributed around the mean.