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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Definitions:

Slopes Downward

Describes a line or curve on a graph that decreases in value as it moves from left to right, indicating a negative relationship between two variables.

Curve

A line on a graph, which may be curved or straight, that depicts a relationship between two variables.

Two-Dimensional Graph

A visual representation of data on two axes, typically used to display the relationship between two variables.

Zero Slope

A characteristic of a line on a graph indicating that there is no change in the variable measured on the y-axis for any change in the variable on the x-axis.