Assume You Are an Evolutionary Biologist Who Is Using Coat

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Essay

Assume you are an evolutionary biologist who is using coat coloration in several closely related species of mice to reconstruct their evolutionary history. You find that the coat color trait is symplesiomorphic. Why is this a problem for making inferences, and what can you do to help better resolve the species' evolutionary relationships?

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The price of making an additional unit of a product or service.

Perfect Competition

A market setup where numerous buyers and sellers interact, offering identical products, with no barriers to entry or exit, and complete transparency of information, resulting in suppliers having no control over prices.

Monopoly

A market structure characterized by a single seller, selling a unique product in the market. This seller faces no competition, as he is the sole seller of goods with no close substitute.

Output

refers to the total amount of goods or services produced by a firm, industry, or economy within a certain period.