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In a phylogenetic tree, the base or root of the tree ________.Group of answer choicesshows the organism that is most common in an areashows the most recent organism on the evolutionary timelineshows the organism that has the most traits in common with all the other organisms on the treeshows the organism that is the common ancestor to all the other organisms on the tree

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In a phylogenetic tree, the base or root of the tree ________.Group of answer choicesshows the organism that is most common in an areashows the most recent organism on the evolutionary timelineshows the organism that has the most traits in common with all the other organisms on the treeshows the organism that is the common ancestor to all the other organisms on the tree

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The base or root of a phylogenetic tree shows the organism that is the common ancestor to all the other organisms on the tree.

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