Question

Create a phulogeny using the following taxa: monarh butterfly, rainbow trout, ochre sea star, African elephant, earthworm, nematode, Lion's mane jellyfish, calcareous sea sponge, and ctenophore.
Justify the relationships in your phylogeny by writing s single paragraph describing your thought process during the creation of your phylogeny.
Within your justification address whether you think a phylogeny more accurately represents a ladder or a tree, and why.

Answer 1

Answer:

http://etetoolkit.org/treeview/?treeid=e29a1e3f1e8914f370f5bb2415bbcf32&algid=ce443ed1e53858bf4e11d1e069c7a927

You can view the tree by clicking view tree...

Explanation:

I think that the Ctenophora are the first to diverge from the origin then Calcerea goes for second divergence and it goes straight in the order as provided by your data.

It also shows the organization of evolutionary pathway from simple (Ctenophorea and Calcerea) to complex like mammals (African Elephant)...

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