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Which of the following terms means "a trait that is different from any traits of

common ancestors"?
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A. Detrimental mit
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B. Adaptive trait
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C. Ancestral trait
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D. Derived trait

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the answer is D. Derived trait.
User Igor Toporet
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D. Derived Trait

You take an ancestor and you "extract" a trait and you put that trait into the next ancestor meaning you "derive" the trait.

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