Consider a Species of Mouse in Which the Coat Color

question 40

Essay

Consider a species of mouse in which the coat color of populations change from light (the ancestral state) to dark (the derived state) over evolutionary time. Using this example, draw an evolutionary tree to illustrate each of the following evolutionary conditions, where dark coat color is a:
A. synapomorphy,
B. homoplasy, and
C. symplesiomorphy.

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