Which of the Following Statements About Traits Is False

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about traits is false?

• A) A trait may be considered ancestral or derived, depending on the point of reference.
• B) Homoplastic traits can arise by convergent evolution.
• C) Derived traits differ from their ancestral forms.
• D) Synapomorphies are shared ancestral traits.
• E) Traits may be lost by evolutionary reversal.

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