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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please someone help me with this biology question Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. Which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A.There are millions of species on Earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. B.It is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. C. Cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful big-picture understanding of evolutionary relationships. D.There is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

C. Because cladograms only provide relations based on physicality. They don't show the genetic image of this c:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Just because a Miniature Pincer looks like A Doberman Pincer doesnt mean they are closely related! in fact the Min Pin is only related to dachshunds.

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