What is a derived character

A shared character is one that two lineages have in common, and a derived character is one that evolved in the lineage leading up to a clade and that sets members of that clade apart from other individuals. Shared derived characters can be used to group organisms into clades.

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To an evolutionary taxonomist, recent common ancestors determine whether 2 species are in the same genus. Derived character. A trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a particular lineage and was passed along to its descendants. An example of a derived character is the loss of a tail, a trait that first appeared in an ancestor of apes and man.

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in which structure in the nucleus are ribosomes made?

b) nucleolus!

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