Two Species of Flies Share Traits, Such as Head Morphology

question 204

Multiple Choice

Two species of flies share traits, such as head morphology and the shape of their genitalia, traits that other related species do not have.These shared characteristics are called

• A) homoplasies.
• B) synapomorphies.
• C) cladistics.
• D) parsimonies.
• E) ancestral traits.

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