Thanks to DNA testing, scientists have discovered that a tree in South America is genetically similar to one in Australia. What is one possible evolutionary inference they could make from this discovery?It’s a coincidence.Both species share an ancestor that lived when the world had supercontinents.The trees are adapted to seawater and floated between continents.No inferences can be made.

Which of the following is true with respect to phylogenetic trees?Group of answer choicesthe mechanism driving speciation events is demonstratedeach node represents a common ancestor of 2 lineagesDNA sequences are the only data that can be used to construct a phylogentic treeall areas of the genome are equally useful for producing phylogentic trees

What kind of data were first used to create phylogenetic trees?Multiple choice question.Similarities in morphologyHabitat dataSimilarities in DNA sequencesNatural selection data

Darwin's 'tree of life' indicates that all living things evolved from a common ancestor.Question 1Select one:TrueFalse

According to Darwin, the 14 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands resemble each other and the finches along the coast of the South American mainland due to which of the following?Multiple choice question.The finches all have a similar diet.The finches are descended from a relatively recent (several million years) common ancestor.The finches have independently evolved similar characteristics.The climate on the Galapagos Islands is similar to the climate on the South American mainland.

On a phylogenetic tree, one can determine how closely related two species are byMultiple choice question.counting the number of species between them at the top of the treelooking at how recently they share a common ancestorconsidering whether they are morphologically similar to one another