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    Characteristics That Have Arisen in Organisms as a Result of Common
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Characteristics That Have Arisen in Organisms as a Result of Common

Question 59

Question 59

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Characteristics that have arisen in organisms as a result of common evolutionary descent are said to be ________ characteristics.


A) homologous
B) homoplastic
C) adaptive
D) derived
E) ancestral

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