Examine Figure 23.2 below.
If we define the taxon Actinopterygii to include the ray-finned fish, coelacanths, lungfish, tetrapods, and their most recent common ancestor, it would be a _____ group.
A) monophyletic
B) paraphyletic
C) polyphyletic
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Q15: In a phylogenetic tree, a node or
Q16: Examine Figure 23.2 below. Q17: Traditional levels of taxonomy are nested in Q18: A taxon that does NOT include the Q19: The diagram below depicts three phylogenetic trees. Q21: What types of data can be used Q22: A taxon that includes a single common Q23: Consider a generalized tree of life, with Q24: The _ level of the taxonomic hierarchy Q25: Phylogenetic trees represent hypotheses about the evolutionary![]()
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