Question

Characteristics between the branch points of a cladogram that are shared by all organisms above the branch point and are not present in any below it are called:_______.
a. homoplastic characters.
b. ancestral characters.
c. homologous characters.
d. novel characters.
e. derived characters.

Answer 1

Answer:

e. derived characters

Explanation:

Any characteristic change which is transfer to the new species from ancestors but is different from the original character. It will be called as derived character.

But if the same character is transfer from ancestor to the new species this will called as ancestral character.