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Synapomorphies are used in determining relationships among animal groups. Synapomorphies are:

(A) evolutionary innovations.
(B) shared, derived traits.
(C) both evolutionary innovations and shared, derived traits.

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Answer: (B) shared, derived traits.

Step-by-step explanation:

In phylogenetic systematics, which presents itself with a character that eventually changes in descent, and presents itself with variations, which subsequently convert in the next generations. In this way, the character presence is not unique to the ancestor, but also in all heirs, however with a possible variation. This new variation or new character state is recognized as a derived condition, arose from the change in the state of the ancestral character. A derived condition has the potential to serve as a determinant for defining a new group is called apomorphy. An apomorphy can be unique to a group and is called a case of autapomorphy, or when it is shared by two or more groups it is called synapomorphy.

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