Multiple Choice
Figure 24.3
-Answer the question using the accompanying figure. In the figure, letter C represents a ____ taxon, which includes ____.
A) polyphyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants
B) monophyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants
C) monophyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages
D) paraphyletic; an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
E) polyphyletic; an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
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