The most parsimonious inference about the evolution of parental care behavior in crocodilians and

birds is



a. it evolved once in the common ancestor of
the two groups.
d. it is a learned behavior.
b. the derived character state is an
apomorphy.
e. parental care arose due to coevolution.
c. it evolved numerous times within each
lineage.


A

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