In a phylogenetic tree, a node or branching point represents:
A. the common ancestor from which the
descendent species diverged.
B. the species in the fossil record from which
the descendent species diverged.
C. one of the descendent species in the
phylogeny.
D. the ancestral species from which all
species in the phylogeny arose.
E. A node could be any of these, depending
on the nature of the phylogenetic tree.
A
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