Multiple Choice
Scientists using evolutionary systematics to construct a phylogenetic tree would use:
A) the number of shared characters the organisms possess.
B) a combination of ancestral and derived characters.
C) primarily polyphyletic groupings.
D) only derived characters.
E) only ancestral characters.
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