Which of the following statements is not true? The underlying premise of cladist

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Which of the following statements is not true? The underlying premise of cladistics and phylogeny is that

groups of organisms that share many homologous traits are more closely related than species that share few

The more recently that groups of organisms have branched from a common ancestor the more similar should they be in morphology and in their DNA sequences

groups of organisms that share many derived traits are likely to be most closely related

All of the above are true

groups of organisms that share many homologous traits are more closely related than species that share few

The more recently that groups of organisms have branched from a common ancestor the more similar should they be in morphology and in their DNA sequences

groups of organisms that share many derived traits are likely to be most closely related

All of the above are true

Explanation / Answer

All of the above is true.

Cladistics is a method employed by evolutionary biologist to understand evolutionary relationship in paleontology.

The underlying premise of cladistics and phylogeny is that the groups of organism that share many homologous traits are more closely related than species that share few, more recently that the group of organisms have branched from a common ancestor the more similar should be the morphology and DNA sequences and the groups of organisms that share derieved traits are likely to be most related.

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