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#Question id: 9265

To apply parsimony to constructing a phylogenetic tree,

#9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. choose the tree that assumes all evolutionary changes are equally probable.
  2. choose the tree in which the branch points are based on as many shared derived characters as possible.
  3. choose the tree that represents the fewest evolutionary changes, in either DNA sequences or morphology.
  4. choose the tree with the fewest branch points.
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#Question id: 8862

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

The members of which class of the phylum Cnidaria occur only as polyps?
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#Question id: 8863

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which class of the phylum Cnidaria includes ʺjelliesʺ with rounded (as opposed to boxlike) medusae? 
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#Question id: 8864

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

Corals are most closely related to which group?
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#Question id: 8886

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which characteristic is shared by both cnidarians and flatworms?
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#Question id: 8887

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

Generally, members of which flatworm class(es) are nonparasitic?
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#Question id: 8889

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

What would be the most effective method of reducing the incidence of blood flukes in a human population?