Morphological or Molecular Characters Shared by Members of a Clade

question 7

Multiple Choice

Morphological or molecular characters shared by members of a clade are called .

• A) common ancestors
• B) paraphyletic groups
• C) monophyletic groups
• D) synaptomorphies
• E) homoplasmies

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Definitions:

Groups

Collections or sets of individuals or objects that are studied in experiments, often defined by sharing certain characteristics or conditions.

Total N

Total N refers to the total number of observations or samples in a study or experiment.

Chi-square Statistic

A statistic used to assess the fit of an observed distribution to an expected distribution.

Critical Value

Value of a statistic that separates the regions of rejection and nonrejection.