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question 20

Multiple Choice

Figure 24.3
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Answer the question using the accompanying figure. In the figure, letter A represents a ____ taxon, which includes ____.

• A) polyphyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages
• B) polyphyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants
• C) paraphyletic; an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
• D) monophyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages
• E) monophyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants

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