Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 10LTB
Phylogenies are created based on the principle that all species descending from a recent common ancestor ___________.
- should be identical;
- should share characteristics that evolved in that ancestor;
- should be found as fossils;
- should have identical DNA sequences;
- should be no more similar than species that are less closely related
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