The Following Questions Refer to the Evolutionary Tree Below, Whose

question 51

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the evolutionary tree below, whose horizontal axis represents time (present time is on the far right) and whose vertical axis represents morphological change.
Figure 24.1
-Which of these five species (V-Z) in the evolutionary tree would likely have fossil records indicating that punctuated equilibrium was an important part of their evolutionary history?

• A)V and W
• B)V and Y
• C)X and Y
• D)W, Y, and Z
• E)X, Y, and Z

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