CUSTOM BIOLOGY
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Chapter 26, Problem 1TYU

In a comparison of birds and mammals, the condition of having four limbs is

  • (A) a shared ancestral character.
  • (B) a shared derived character.
  • (C) a character useful for distinguishing birds from mammals.
  • (D) an example of analogy rather than homology.
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