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8 Why are phylogenetic trees best viewed as a working hypothesis a Discovery of new evidence may require us to update trees to better reflect evolutionary relationships b Once established phylogenetic trees never change c Discovery of new species will alter the relationships among existing species on a tree d All of the above 9 On a phylogenetic tree an outgroup is used to a Provide an example of a taxon not at all related to the ingroup b Establish which traits are shared derived traits for the ingroup c Increase the parsimony score of the tree d Show how long ago taxa diverged from a common ancestor

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