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True or false? Monophyletic groups are identified by shared, derived traits.

Name: Problem 6, Chapter 28: Biological Science
Uploaded: 2020-06-04T22:34:51-08:00
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Description: True or false? Monophyletic groups are identified by shared, derived traits.

   True or false? Monophyletic groups are identified by shared, derived traits.

Biological Science

Scott Freeman,… 5th Edition

Chapter 28, Problem 6

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Solved by Expert Wade Corn

06/04/2020

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Monophyletic Groups

Monophyletic groups consist of an ancestral species and all of its descendants, forming a natural grouping in evolutionary biology. They reflect true evolutionary relationships, meaning that every member of the group is more closely related to each other than to any organisms outside the group.

Shared Derived Traits

Shared derived traits, also known as synapomorphies, are characteristics that originated in the most recent common ancestor and are present in all its descendants. These traits are used to identify monophyletic groups because they help to distinguish these groups from others that do not share the unique derived traits.

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