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A group that includes an ancestor and all its descendants is called what?
AParaphyletic
BDiphyletic
CPolyphyletic
DMonophyletic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Monophyletic
A taxon with all descendants of one ancestral form is monophyletic, whereas removing a descendant group makes it paraphyletic.
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