The Traditional Class Reptilia Is ____ Because It Does Not

question 29

Multiple Choice

The traditional class Reptilia is ____ because it does not include all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of reptiles.

• A) monophyletic
• B) paraphyletic
• C) polyphyletic
• D) sister taxa
• E) cladistic

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Definitions:

Gestational Carrier

A carrier who is not related to the fetus. In this case, a woman with ovaries but no uterus uses her own egg and the man’s sperm to create the embryo, which is then placed within the carrier’s uterus.

Surrogate Mother

A woman who agrees to bear a child for another person or couple, often through artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization.

Labor Stage

The period during childbirth when the muscles of the uterus contract to dilate the cervix and push the baby out.

Uterine Fibroids

Noncancerous growths in the uterus that often appear during childbearing years.