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ZOO 102 Practice Questions ZOO 102 5 Objective Question

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48. Cladistics emphasizes constructing evolutionary trees called
Options
A Dendrograms only
B Phenograms only
C Cladograms, based on shared derived characteristics (synapomorphies)
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D Venn diagrams
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Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Cladistic analysis produces branching diagrams called cladograms based on shared evolutionary novelties.

Hint

Branching diagrams constructed in cladistics.

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