Question

question:
____ are derived traits that develop in a species and are passed on to all of
its descendants.

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spelling counts but capitalization doesn’t.

Explanation:

In evolutionary biology, synapomorphies (or derived characters) are traits that originate in a common ancestor of a group and are inherited by all its descendants. These traits help in defining clades (groups of organisms with a common ancestor) in phylogenetic analysis. The question describes traits that develop in a species and are passed to all descendants, which matches the definition of synapomorphies.

Answer:

synapomorphies