Describe the evolutionary relationship of lancelets to tunicates and to hagfishes. Are lancelets more closely related to tunicates or to hagfishes, or are they equally related?

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Lancelets are equally related to tunicates and to hagfishes. The most recent common ancestor of lancelets and tunicates is the common ancestor of chordates. The most recent common ancestor of lancelets and hagfishes is the same (the common ancestor of chordates).

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