Use This Figure to Answer the Following Questions

question 15

Multiple Choice

Use this figure to answer the following questions.

-If the above figure is an accurate depiction of relatedness, then which of the following should be correct? 1. The entire tree is based on maximum parsimony.
2. If all species depicted here make up a taxon, this taxon is monophyletic.
3. The last common ancestor of species B and C occurred more recently than the last common ancestor of species D and E.
4. Species A is the direct ancestor of both species B and species C.
5. The species present at position 3 is ancestral to C, D, and E.

• A)1 and 3
• B)3 and 4
• C)2, 3, and 4
• D)1, 2, and 3

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