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Julia is trying to place a duckbilled platypus, lizard, bear, and monkey on a phylogenetic tree. She learns that the duckbilled playpus, bear, and monkey are classified as mammals. She also learns that mammals share a common ancestor with reptiles. What additional piece of information will be most helpful to Julia to properly build her phylogenetic tree?

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its c

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To properly build the phylogenetic tree, Julia needs information that can connect any of mentioned mammals (bear and monkey) to reptiles. And that could be only the fact that a duckbilled platypus lays eggs similarly like reptiles. So, the platypus is a mammal and relationship with bear and monkey in that way exist, but laying eggs is not characteristic for other mammals.
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