Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and by depicting them in a cladogram. Which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way?

A) millions of species on earth & cladogram not practical

B) impossible to tell which organisms are closely related on cladogram

C) cladograms are detailed oriented and impossible to show evolutionary relationships

D) there is limited number of ways to classify information some many of cladograms end up looking similar

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Biology

Marc Boyle

10 November, 20:39

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and by depicting them in a cladogram. Which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way?

A) millions of species on earth & cladogram not practical

B) impossible to tell which organisms are closely related on cladogram

C) cladograms are detailed oriented and impossible to show evolutionary relationships

D) there is limited number of ways to classify information some many of cladograms end up looking similar

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Heather Reyes · Answer 1

Cladograms are detailed oriented and impossible to show evolutionary relationships and this among the following statements best describes a challenge in classifying organisms in this way. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "C".