_____ Characteristics Evolved from the Same Character in a Common

question 56

Multiple Choice

_____ characteristics evolved from the same character in a common ancestor.

• A) Similar
• B) Paralogous
• C) Homologous
• D) Phylogenetic
• E) Parsimonious

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