試題詳解

63. Phylogeny is the study of the evolutionary history of related groups of organisms. Organisms are grouped into taxa based on shared characteristics that result from common ancestry. Identify which statement is FALSE.
(A) The term monophyletic refers to a taxon.
(B) A taxon includes an ancestral species and all of its descendents.
(C) Homologous structures look the same and serve the same function but differ in evolutionary origin and structure.
(D) Ancestral traits were present in the shared ancestor of the species within a taxon.
(E) Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a group of organisms.