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What Is Speciation? — Definition & Types

By Sarah Morgan
The image displays a cladogram. Along a central line, offshoots run to "fish", "frog", "lizard", "duck", "rat", "monkey" and "ape" categories.

This is an example of a phylogenetic tree, a way of showing where species diverged from a common ancestor. Based on this phylogenetic tree, which pair of animals are more closely related?

Choose one answer

Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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