Answer
A synapomorphy is a trait present in ancestral species and shared by its evolutionary descendants.
Work Step by Step
A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared between members of a monophyletic group.
Evolutionary Analysis (5th Edition)
by Herron, Jon C.; Freeman, Scott
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-32161-667-7
ISBN 13:
978-0-32161-667-8
Chapter 4 - Estimating Evolutionary Trees - Questions - Page 141: 5
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