Evolution Phylogeny question. 1.With reference to Figure 1, are canids more clos

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Evolution Phylogeny question.

1.With reference to Figure 1, are canids more closely related to seals or to martens? Explain why?

Fig. 1. Distribution of male infanticide across mammals Male infanticide has been reported for about half of al species in our sample (open circles) and seems to have evolved independently multiple times. It mostly occurs in social species (dark gray branches) less in solitary species (light gray branches), and least in monogamous species (black branches). Animal drawings are from phylopic.org [for full credit, see (18)] Old World Primates Hares Gre o O o0 Seals & sealions ars Canids

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Canids are more closely related to seals because these have less number of ancestors than the martens.

The relatedness is based on the clada formed by the members of phylogenetic tree. Closely related species have least number of divisions.

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