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A Taxon That Includes All the Descendants of an Ancestor

Question 47

Question 47

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A taxon that includes all the descendants of an ancestor is called:


A) phenetic.
B) homophyletic.
C) monophyletic.
D) paraphyletic.
E) polyphyletic.

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