IB Biology HL A3.2.8 Hl Testing Classification Correspondence Topic Practice

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The figwort family is a large one consisting of many flowering plants that look similar. For what reason have some members of the family been reclassified into a new family?

A

Cladistic analysis shows the differences in flower structure to be fewer than the shared similarities.

B

DNA analysis shows the similarities in flower shape to be a product of convergent evolution.

C

DNA analysis shows some of the families to have suffered recent mutations in only one gene.

D

DNA analysis shows the similarities between the seed dispersal strategies to be a product of divergent evolution.

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