Biology (11th Edition)

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Chapter 23 - Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology - Review Questions - Understand - Page 478: 2

Answer

B.

Work Step by Step

The whole point of cladistics is to determine evolutionary relationships (B.). It looks at many specific phenotypes, not an overall estimation (A.) and it is affected by homoplasy (unlike what C. says). Since B. is true D. is also false.
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