There Are Five Species of Beetles

question 186

Multiple Choice

There are five species of beetles.Species A and B have red colored wings, whereas species C and D have pale wings and species E lacks wings completely.Which piece of evidence would best support the hypothesis that red wings are a synapomorphy?

• A) Evidence from morphology unrelated to wings that A and B are sister species.
• B) DNA evidence showing that species B and D are sister species.
• C) Fossil evidence showing that the common ancestor of all five species lacked wings.
• D) Fossil evidence showing that the common ancestor of all five species had red wings.
• E) Evidence showing that species A and B live in an environment that favors red wings, whereas the other three species live in an environment that favors pale wings