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Why is similarity misleading when it comes to inferring evolutionary relationships? 

A. Organisms that look alike may be very distantly related to one another. 

B. Similarities between two species may be due to common descent, without indicating how closely the two are related to one another. 

C. A and B only. 

D. The presence of a shared derived character state is often misleading when it comes to inferring relationships between species .

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C. A and B only.

A. Organisms that look alike may be very distantly related to one another. A. Organisms that look alike may be very distantly related to one another.    &

B. Similarities between two species may be due to common descent, without indicating how closely the two are related to one another.

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