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What is true about the evolutionary relationships between groups of animals on a phylogenetic tree?
a.) The closer animals are located on a tree, the more characteristics they share.

b.) Animals on a tree are related only if they are on the same branch of the tree.

c.) The further apart animals are on a tree, the more closely they are related.

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