Figure 24.1
Answer the question using the accompanying figure. In the figure, letter A represents a ____ taxon, which includes ____.
A) polyphyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages
B) polyphyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants
C) paraphyletic; an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
D) monophyletic; species from different evolutionary lineages
E) monophyletic; an ancestral species and all of its descendants
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