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Root the above tree at Node A. Which of the follow

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​A monophylectic clade is the one that consists of the ancestor and all of its descendants. If only the most recent common ancestor was to be chosen, it would have been paraphyletic. Thus, the answer for the above question is option E in which the taxon consists of all the descendants i.e 1,2,3,4 and 5.

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