To Produce an Evolutionary Tree It Is Necessary to First

question 45

Multiple Choice

To produce an evolutionary tree it is necessary to first determine

• A)which organisms are the oldest.
• B)the full DNA sequence of each organism that will be included within the tree.
• C)the shared derived features present within each group of organisms.
• D)the number of lineages in each group.

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