Where a branching point in a phylogenetic tree is called a ________, it illustrates that ________ has occurred.

A. clade; cladogenesis.
B. node; cladogenesis.
C. break; anagenesis.
D. node; anagenesis.
E. break; extinction of a species.


Answer: B

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