Which Term Describes a Set of Organisms That Descended from a Single

question 38

Essay

Which term describes a set of organisms that descended from a single common ancestor and are more closely related to other members of the group than to organisms outside the group?
A) species
B) paraphyletic group
C) monophyletic group
D) parsimony
E) phylogeny

• A) species
• B) paraphyletic group
• C) monophyletic group
• D) parsimony
• E) phylogeny

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