Which of these statements is NOT true of the phylogenetic tree?

A. It ranks organisms by importance in evolutionary history.

B. It depicts an organism's lineage as it changes over time

C. It shows successive events of speciation in which one species gives rise to two.

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Valentino

1 April, 00:25

Which of these statements is NOT true of the phylogenetic tree?

A. It ranks organisms by importance in evolutionary history.

B. It depicts an organism's lineage as it changes over time

C. It shows successive events of speciation in which one species gives rise to two.

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Ainsley Duffy · Answer 1

The answer is: A. It ranks organisms by importance in evolutionary history.

The phylogenetic tree represents only the relationships among organisms but does not rank their importance. It uses hypotheses other than facts in presenting the events of speciation based on their ancestors.

Which of these statements is NOT true of the phylogenetic tree?A. It ranks organisms by importance in evolutionary history.B. It depicts an organism's lineage as it changes over timeC. It shows successive events of speciation in which one species gives rise to two.

Which of these statements is NOT true of the phylogenetic tree?

A. It ranks organisms by importance in evolutionary history.

B. It depicts an organism's lineage as it changes over time

C. It shows successive events of speciation in which one species gives rise to two.