Which of These Statements Best Describes a Monophyletic Taxon

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements best describes a monophyletic taxon?

• A) includes species from different evolutionary lineages
• B) includes an ancestral species and all its descendants
• C) includes an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
• D) includes only the ancestral species

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