Your Professor Wants You to Construct a Phylogenetic Tree of Orchids.She

question 8

Multiple Choice

Your professor wants you to construct a phylogenetic tree of orchids.She gives you tissue from seven orchid species and one lily.What is the most likely reason she gave you the lily?

• A)to serve as an outgroup
• B)to see if it's a cryptic orchid species
• C)to see if the lily and the orchids show all the same shared derived characters (synapomorphies)
• D)to see if you were paying attention
• E)to demonstrate likely homoplasies

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