Refer to the Table

question 179

Essay

Refer to the table. The table shows the presence or absence of some derived traits in eight species of vertebrates.If you wanted to classify all of the recent animals that have jaws, lungs, and either claws or nails, which animal would you use as the nearest related outgroup? Why?

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