Phylogenetic Analysis of a Section of the Plant Genus Linanthus

question 57

Multiple Choice

Phylogenetic analysis of a section of the plant genus Linanthus

• A) was based on the sequences of mitochondrial DNA.
• B) revealed that L. 'bicolor' is actually three distinct lineages.
• C) showed that the group is synapomorphs.
• D) showed that the group has a homoplastic trait.
• E) revealed that an ancestral species of the group was likely to be self-compatible.

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