Use the Figure to Answer the Following Question

question 39

Multiple Choice

Use the figure to answer the following question. Gymnosperms and angiosperms are both types of plants that produce seeds. Which of the following claims is best supported by this phylogenetic tree?

• A) the tree depicts uncertainty about whether the bryophytes or the vascular plants evolved first
• B) the tree depicts an evolutionary hypothesis
• C) the tree includes evolution of convergent characteristics
• D) the tree indicates that seeds are a shared ancestral character of all vascular plants

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