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Title: Looking at the figure above, identify any monophyletic and any paraphyletic groups. What will be ...
Post by: sharon1234 on Feb 7, 2018
Looking at the figure above, identify any monophyletic and any paraphyletic groups.
 
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Title: Looking at the figure above, identify any monophyletic and any paraphyletic groups. What will be ...
Post by: jojocolombiana on Feb 7, 2018
ANS:
Should include the following four monophyletic groupings: (1) elephants, manatees, and hyraxes, (2) tapirs and rhinoceroses, (3) horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses, (4) cetaceans, hippopotamuses, ruminates, and pigs; could include the combination of (2) and (3) above and could include the whole tree. Answers should include the pachyderms as the paraphyletic group.