Choose the true statements about the evolution of complex characters, such as powered flight.
_____ Phylogenetic analysis using cladistics can help reveal the sequence leading to the evolution of a complex character.
_____ Usually a single mutation in one gene leads to the simultaneous appearance of the complex character.
_____ Often the initial stage in the evolution of a complex character was an adaptation to some unrelated selection pressure.
_____ The intermediate stages in the evolution of a complex character had no fitness advantage.
__X__ Phylogenetic analysis using cladistics can help reveal the sequence leading to the evolution of a complex character.
_____ Usually a single mutation in one gene leads to the simultaneous appearance of the complex character.
__X__ Often the initial stage in the evolution of a complex character was an adaptation to some unrelated selection pressure.
_____ The intermediate stages in the evolution of a complex character had no fitness advantage.
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A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 1/8
D. 1/16
E. 1/32