Try making a simple cladogram using data in the table below to tell a story of h

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Try making a simple cladogram using data in the table below to tell a story of how six species S-Z may have evolved. For each species, 10 characters (1- 10) were assigned a value of 0 (if the specimen does not have the character) or 1 (if the specimen has the character). Which have the most characters in common and which have the fewest? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 # derived characters

S 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

T 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

W 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

X 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Z 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Explanation / Answer

W and X seems to be most closely related to ecah other as thier 66percent characters are similar,now among S/T and Y/Z both have 50 percent same characters and 50 percent dissimilar ,so the question needs more data .

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