Use the Figure to Answer the Following Question

question 53

Multiple Choice

Use the figure to answer the following question.

If the figure is an accurate depiction of relatedness, then which of the following should be an accurate statement?

• A) If all species depicted here make up a taxon, this taxon is monophyletic.
• B) The species present at position 4 is ancestral to species E, but not species D.
• C) Species C is more closely related to species B than D is to B
• D) The species present at position 3 is ancestral to C, D, and E.

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