Question

In cladistic analysis, similar genes that appear in dissimilar organisms, indicate that they share

a common ____________________.

Answer 1

In cladistic analysis, similar Gene's that appear in dissimilar organisms, indicate that they share a common ANCESTOR

Answer 2

The answer is ancestor.

Common ancestor is an ancestral organism that two or more descendant lineages have in common. If organisms are not similar, but still have similar genes, that indicates that they share the common ancestor. The more basic the common genes are, their common ancestor is more close to the last universal common ancestor (LUCA).