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Olegator [25]
3 years ago
13

What is the principle of common descent?

Biology
1 answer:
Marat540 [252]3 years ago
3 0
The theory of common descent states that all living organisms are descendants of a single ancestor. Phylogenetic trees and cladograms are often used to hypothesize the evolution of various organisms and shared common descent.



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