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  • Chordate
    chordate
    / Critical appraisal

    …these requirements is called a grade and may be used as an informal group. Groups that do not contain the common ancestor, and therefore had two separate origins, are said to be polyphyletic. Such polyphyletic grades, which would put whales together with fish or birds together with bats, have generally…

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    …these requirements is called a grade and may be used as an informal group. Groups that do not contain the common ancestor, and therefore had two separate origins, are said to be polyphyletic. Such polyphyletic grades, which would put whales together with fish or birds together with bats, have generally…

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