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Consider five species of toads.Species A and B are sister species.Species C and D are also sister species.The clade containing species A and B is sister to the clade containing species C and D.Species E is sister to the clade containing A,B,C,and D.
-Which species is most likely to share synapomorphies with species C?
A) Species A
B) Species B
C) Species D
D) Species E
E) All of the above are equally likely to share synapomorphies with species C.

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Species D is the sister species to species C, meaning they share a more recent common ancestor with each other than with the other species, making them most likely to share synapomorphies.

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