Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 26, Problem 10TYK
You wish to study evolutionary relationships among the great apes: orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans. Which of the following would be most useful as an out group?
- a. an invertebrate chordate, such as a lancelet
- b. a jawless vertebrate, such as a lamprey
- c. a mammal that is not a primate, such as a cat
- d. a primate that is not a great ape, such as a baboon
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