What Do Animals Ranging from Corals to Monkeys Have in Common

question 7

Multiple Choice

What do animals ranging from corals to monkeys have in common?

• A) a mouth and an anus
• B) number of embryonic tissue layers
• C) some type of body symmetry
• D) presence of Hox genes

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Definitions:

Monkeys

Primates typically characterized by a tail, often arboreal with complex behaviors and high intelligence.

Co-Option

The process by which nature reuses an existing feature or trait for a new purpose, similar to exaptation.

Phylogeny

The evolutionary history and lineage of species or other taxonomic groups of organisms, often illustrated with a phylogenetic tree.

Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of describing, naming, and classifying species of living or fossil organisms.