Fill in the blank in each sentence with the word or phrase that best completes it. ♦ In a phylogenetic analysis, if a ch
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Fill in the blank in each sentence with the word or phrase that best completes it. ♦ In a phylogenetic analysis, if a character state is present in A. monophyletic all members of the outgroup and basal members of the ingroup, it is B. plesiomorphic C. derived In a phylogenetic analysis, if a character state is present only in several members of the ingroup, but those species do not group with each other in the most parsimonious trees, that character state is D. paraphyletic E. polyphyletic F. convergent If a phylogenetic analysis shows that a named group includes the common ancestor and some but not all of its G. homologous descendants, that group is H. apomorphic A. A clade in a phylogenetic tree is a group.