The Arrangement of Organisms into Taxa

question 32

Multiple Choice

The arrangement of organisms into taxa

• A)shows degrees of relatedness between organisms.
• B)shows relationships to common ancestors.
• C)was designed by Charles Darwin.
• D)is arbitrary.
• E)is based on evolution.

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Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

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Mann-Whitney Test

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Nonparametric Test

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