Answer
C.
Work Step by Step
C. is the definition of a polyphyletic group, which is quite different from the definitions of monphyletic (B.) and paraphyletic (A.) groups. D. is wrong since cladistics seeds monophyly (C.).
Biology (11th Edition)
by Raven, Peter; Johnson, George; Mason, Kenneth; Losos, Jonathan; Singer, Susan
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
1259188132
ISBN 13:
978-1-25918-813-8
Chapter 23 - Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology - Review Questions - Understand - Page 478: 9
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