A student is building a tree using the cladistic method of t…
A student is building a tree using the cladistic method of tree construction. They have identified an appropriate outgroup and characters to use to determine the relationships between the species. Their data table is shown below. character outgroup species A species B species C species D species E short antennae 0 1 1 1 1 0 wing spots 0 1 1 1 1 1 protrusion on back of head 0 1 0 0 0 1 jagged wing margins 0 1 0 0 1 0 elongated mouth parts 0 0 0 0 1 0 thickened upper wings 0 1 0 1 1 0 yellow wing margin 0 0 0 0 1 0 Which two species are the most closely related to each other, and should be placed as sister species in the tree?