Given the following cladogram and list of characteristics:
©2020 McGraw-Hill Education MossFernConiferFlowering PlantChlorophyll a & bYesYesYesYesVascular tissueNoYesYesYesSeedsNoNoYesYesFlowersNoNoNoYesBased on what you know about the principle of parsimony, which of the following is most likely a symplesiomorphy of mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants?
A. Vascular tissue.
B. Chlorophylls a and b
C. Flowers.
D. Seeds.
E. Both chlorophylls a and b and seeds.
Answer: B
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