Biology 2e
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Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
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Chapter 20, Problem 10RQ
What is true about organisms that are a part of the same clade?
- They all share the same basic characteristics
- They evolved from a shared ancestor
- They usually fall into the same classification taxa
- They have identical phytogenies.
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