Flies only have two wings while bees have four. You want to know whether two wings are a derived or ancestral state. How would you go about doing this?

A. Compare the number of wings on all flies and all bees
B. Compare the number of wings on all winged insects, and use parsimony to deduce the ancestral state or find what insect group is closely related to bees and flies, and see how many wings it has
C. Compare the number of wings on all winged insects, and use parsimony to deduce the ancestral state
D. All answers are correct
E. Find what insect group is closely related to bees and flies, and see how many wings it has


Answer: B. Compare the number of wings on all winged insects, and use parsimony to deduce the ancestral state or find what insect group is closely related to bees and flies, and see how many wings it has

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