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10 years ago
Maternal care behavior has been documented in such diverse groups as insects, fish, and mammals. Why would it probably be a mistake to use maternal care as a character in any analysis that  examined the phylogenetic relationship between these very different groups? Cast your answer in terms of convergent evolution.
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10 years ago
HI Mike

In general:

Behaviour such as maternal care is often difficult to quantify because of its complexity and variability within individuals as compared to other phenotypic characteristics like morphology.
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