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A basal taxon on a phylogenetic tree
A. includes a branch to represent the most recent common ancestor of all taxa in the tree
B. are groups that are far enough to the closest ancestor of the latest taxa
C. a lineage that diverges from all members of its group early in the group's history
D. are groups that share an immediate common ancestor not shared by any other group