What is true about organisms that are a part of the same clade?

a. They all share the same basic characteristics.
b. They evolved from a shared ancestor.
c. They usually fall into the same classification taxa.
d. They have identical phylogenies.


Ans: b. They evolved from a shared ancestor.

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