The purpose of including an outgroup in the construction of a phylogeny is to __________.
a. indicate whether two characters are homologous
b. determine dates of divergence between lineages
c. determine which characters are ancestral
d. increase parsimony
e. All of the listed responses are correct.
Ans: c. determine which characters are ancestral
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