Use Figure 26.1 to Answer the Following Questions

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 26.1 to answer the following questions.

Figure 26.1
-If this evolutionary tree is an accurate depiction of relatedness, then which of the following should be correct?
1) The entire tree is based on maximum parsimony.
2) If all species depicted here make up a taxon, this taxon is monophyletic.
3) The last common ancestor of species B and C occurred more recently than the last common ancestor of species D and E.
4) Species A is the direct ancestor of both species B and species C.
5) The species present at position 3 is ancestral to C, D, and E.

A) 2 and 5
B) 1 and 3
C) 3 and 4
D) 2, 3, and 4
E) 1, 2, and 3