A Taxon That Includes All the Descendants of an Ancestor

question 47

Multiple Choice

A taxon that includes all the descendants of an ancestor is called:

• A) phenetic.
• B) homophyletic.
• C) monophyletic.
• D) paraphyletic.
• E) polyphyletic.

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