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_______ is a way of reconstructing evolutionary history based on derived characters. a. Cladistics b. Linnaean taxonomy c. Convergent evolution d. Divergent evolution

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_______ is a way of reconstructing evolutionary history based on derived characters.

  1. a. Cladistics
  2. b. Linnaean taxonomy
  3. c. Convergent evolution
  4. d. Divergent evolution

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