Below are six faces. Each face represents a species. Seven characters are listed in the table, along with an ancestral and a derived character state for each character. Please identify the derived characters and complete a character matrix for these species that includes only the derived characters. Species 6 is the outgroup in this problem, so assume that it possesses only ancestral characters. ('E Character Neck size Jaw shape Eyebrows Ears 2 Eyes Tail Nose 3 Character States Big neck, small neck Round jaw, pointy jaw Angled brow, rounded brow Human ears, cat ears Square eyes, round eyes Tail, no tail Small nose, large nose 4 C 5 6 6

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Below are six faces. Each face represents a species. Seven characters are listed in the table, along with an
ancestral and a derived character state for each character. Please identify the derived characters and
complete a character matrix for these species that includes only the derived characters. Species 6 is the
outgroup in this problem, so assume that it possesses only ancestral characters.
1
Character
Neck size
Jaw shape
Eyebrows
Ears
2
Character States
Big neck, small neck
Round jaw, pointy jaw
Angled brow, rounded brow
Human ears, cat ears
Square eyes, round eyes
Tail, no tail
Small nose, large nose
કિએ ર
Eyes
Tail
Nose
Transcribed Image Text:Below are six faces. Each face represents a species. Seven characters are listed in the table, along with an ancestral and a derived character state for each character. Please identify the derived characters and complete a character matrix for these species that includes only the derived characters. Species 6 is the outgroup in this problem, so assume that it possesses only ancestral characters. 1 Character Neck size Jaw shape Eyebrows Ears 2 Character States Big neck, small neck Round jaw, pointy jaw Angled brow, rounded brow Human ears, cat ears Square eyes, round eyes Tail, no tail Small nose, large nose કિએ ર Eyes Tail Nose
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