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Refer to the figure. Refer to the figure.   In the figure, the phylogenetic tree A)  is paraphyletic (does not include all the descendants of the single common ancestor) . B)  is polyphyletic (has multiple origins that do not share a common ancestor) . C)  indicates that Bacteria is more closely related to Eukarya than to Archaea. D)  indicates that Bacteria and Archaea share a more recent common ancestor than Archaea and Eukarya. E)  indicates that Archaea and Eukarya share a more recent common ancestor than Archaea and Bacteria. In the figure, the phylogenetic tree


A) is paraphyletic (does not include all the descendants of the single common ancestor) .
B) is polyphyletic (has multiple origins that do not share a common ancestor) .
C) indicates that Bacteria is more closely related to Eukarya than to Archaea.
D) indicates that Bacteria and Archaea share a more recent common ancestor than Archaea and Eukarya.
E) indicates that Archaea and Eukarya share a more recent common ancestor than Archaea and Bacteria.

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