Refer to the Figure

question 238

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure. Which statement about the evolution of color is most likely true?

• A) Green coloration is a synapomorphy of the clade consisting of species E, F, and G.
• B) Red coloration is a syapomorphy of the clade consisting of species A, B, C, and D.
• C) Red coloration evolved more than once in this group.
• D) Red coloration is ancestral.
• E) Green coloration evolved more than once in this group.

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