Regarding data from the fossil record, morphological change in the same direction over time (e.g., body size increase) in all lineages of a clade indicates a/an: no evolutionary trend average evolutionary trend active evolutionary trend O passive evolutionary trend negative evolutionary trend

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Regarding data from the fossil record, morphological change in the same direction
over time (e.g., body size increase) in all lineages of a clade indicates a/an:
O no evolutionary trend
average evolutionary trend
O active evolutionary trend
O passive evolutionary trend
O negative evolutionary trend
Transcribed Image Text:Regarding data from the fossil record, morphological change in the same direction over time (e.g., body size increase) in all lineages of a clade indicates a/an: O no evolutionary trend average evolutionary trend O active evolutionary trend O passive evolutionary trend O negative evolutionary trend
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