How can you tell if a character is a synapomorphy

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Question 1. Consider the different characters on which you evaluated the nine taxa.

a. Most of the characters are morphological. One was molecular. What is the advantage and disadvantage of morphological and molecular characters?

b. Would you consider the character "elongate, cylindrical body" useful for this analysis? Why or why not?

Question 2. Why do we often delineate "most recent common ancestor" vs. general common ancestry when resolving phylogenies?

Question 3. How can you tell if a character is a synapomorphy?

Question 4. Could we use phylogenies for practical purposes like combatting emergent diseases and pathogens? Explain.

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