In the attached figure, columbines on what mountain peak are most similar phenot

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In the attached figure, columbines on what mountain peak are most similar phenotypically to the ancestral population of columbines (those columbines at Time = 0 years)? This information can be determined directly from the Evolutionary Tree.

A. Peak 6.

B. No such peak, since columbines on all peaks are different phenotypically from the ancestral population.

C. Peak 1.

D. Peak 2.

E. Peak 4.

Explanation / Answer

Answer - Peak 4

Since Peak four is the least evolved and has the least of all the characters being Petal tips, Petal Color, Anthers, Stripes, Blade Color, Spur Color, Sour Length that other peaks have.

Since Peek 4 is the most primitive hence it is phenotypically most similar to Ancestral Population.

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