Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Exercise 30

Examine the following cladogram, which shows the relationships among a fossilized tree ( Hymenaea protera ), three living relatives, and six other organisms:
a. Which organism is H. protera 's closest relative?
b. Is H. protera more closely related to tobacco or to palm?
c. Which organism depicted is ancestral to all the others?
d. Redraw the tree so that H. protera is next to tobacco without changing the evolutionary relationships among any of the species.