Which Of The Above Mappings Of The Shared Derived Character States For Locomotion Character States Is Most Parsimonious 1 (22.65 KiB) Viewed 104 times
Which of the above mappings of the shared derived character states for locomotion character states is most parsimonious black, boldface font blue, italicized font brown regular font all three mappings are equally parsimonious
– signifies ancestral to derived character state evolution = signifies independent evolution (convergence or parallelism) x signifies a reversal from a derived to an ancestral character state Human Chimp Gorilla Orangutan Baboon -Locomotion(3) Locomotion(2) Locomotion(2) Locomotion(1) Locomotion(3) |-Locomotion(3) xLocomotion(0) Locomotion(2) -Locomotion (2) -Locomotion(1) Hypothesis 2: Humans evolved from the ape clade Locomotion(1) (1) Which of the above mappings of the shared derived character states for locomotion character states is most parsimonious
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