Suppose You Follow the Descendants of a Group of Squirrels

question 105

Multiple Choice

Suppose you follow the descendants of a group of squirrels along a phylogenetic tree.In doing so, you would be tracing a _______ of these squirrels.

• A) node
• B) root
• C) synapomorphy
• D) lineage
• E) homoplasy

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