Assertion : Most evolutionary trees place information about the pattern of relationship among organisms on the vetical axis and information about time on the horizontal axis.
Reason : An evolutionary trees depicts the pattern of relationships among parents and their offsprings.

Options

A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D. If both the assertion and reason are false

Answer

A

Explanation

Evolutionary tree explain the relationship with ancestor and descendant and pattern of divergen. As the tree is drawn with the time axis on vertical, the horizontal axis has no meaning.