What Is the Term for Traits That Reflect Specific Evolutionary

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the term for traits that reflect specific evolutionary lineages and can be informative of evolutionary relationships?

• A) ancestral (primitive)
• B) acquired
• C) derived (modified)
• D) convergent characters
• E) analogies

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