Use Figure 26.1 to answer the following questions.

Figure 26.1
-Which extinct species should be the best candidate to serve as the outgroup for the clade whose common ancestor occurs at position 2 in Figure 26.1?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question

Use Figure 26.1 to answer the following questions.
  
Figure 26.1
-Which extinct species should be the best candidate to serve as the outgroup for the clade whose common ancestor occurs at position 2 in Figure 26.1?
A) A 
B) B 
C) C 
D) D 
E) E

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The outgroup should be the most distantly related species to the clade in question. In this case, species A is the most distantly related to the clade whose common ancestor occurs at position 2.

Use Figure 26.1 to Answer the Following Questions