When Systematists Compare Vertebrates to All Other Animals, the Absence

question 93

Multiple Choice

When systematists compare vertebrates to all other animals, the absence of a vertebral column is the ____ character state, and the presence of a vertebral column is the ____.

• A) homologous; homoplasy
• B) ancestral; homology
• C) homologous; derived
• D) derived; ancestral
• E) ancestral; derived

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