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Chapter 20.3, Problem 1CC
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To distinguish:

A particular clade of mammalian within the larger clade that corresponds to class mammalia and would hair be a useful character.

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The group of organisms that share common ancestor and all descendants with representation of a single branch on phylogenetic treeis known as clade. This approach over the few years has revolutionized the classification of biology and evolutionary relationships between organisms.

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