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#Question id: 8687


Your professor wants you to construct a phylogenetic tree of orchids. She gives you tissue from seven orchid species and one lily. What is the most likely reason she gave you the lily?

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  1. to serve as an outgroup
  2. to see if the lily is a cryptic orchid species
  3. to see if the lily and the orchids show all the same shared derived characters
  4. to demonstrate likely homoplasies
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#Question id: 9614

#XL - R Botany

Some molecular data place the giant panda in the bear family (Ursidae) but place the lesser panda in the raccoon family (Procyonidae). Consequently, the morphological similarities of these two species are probably due to

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#Question id: 9615

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In angiosperm plants, flower morphology can be very intricate. If a tree, such as a New Mexico locust, has flowers that share many morphological intricacies with flowers of the sweet pea vine, then the most likely explanation for these floral similarities is the same general explanation for the similarities between the

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#Question id: 9615

#XL - R Botany

In angiosperm plants, flower morphology can be very intricate. If a tree, such as a New Mexico locust, has flowers that share many morphological intricacies with flowers of the sweet pea vine, then the most likely explanation for these floral similarities is the same general explanation for the similarities between the

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#Question id: 9616

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Which mutation should least require realignment of homologous regions of a gene that is common to several related species?

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#Question id: 9616

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Which mutation should least require realignment of homologous regions of a gene that is common to several related species?

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#Question id: 9617

#XL - S Microbiology

The common ancestors of birds and mammals were very early (stem) reptiles, which almost certainly possessed 3-chambered hearts (2 atria, 1 ventricle). Birds and mammals, however, are alike in having 4-chambered hearts (2 atria, 2 ventricles). The 4-chambered hearts of birds and mammals are best described as