________ and ________ mean the same thing.
A) Clade; parsimony
B) Parsimony; analogy
C) Clade; monophyletic taxon
D) Derived; ancestral

Question

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Clade and monophyletic taxon both refer to a group of organisms that includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants. Option A is incorrect as parsimony refers to a principle used to construct phylogenetic trees, whereas clade refers to a specific type of grouping. Option B is incorrect as analogy refers to the similarity between organisms due to convergent evolution, which is different from parsimony. Option D is incorrect as derived and ancestral refer to traits that are either newly evolved or inherited from ancestors, respectively, and do not necessarily have the same meaning as the terms in the question.

________ and ________ Mean the Same Thing

and Mean the Same Thing