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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2022🎓 HS🔄 Round 4#️⃣ Question 16🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

2 newly discovered plants on neighboring islands are found to both have spiky leaves, despite being genetically isolated for 2 million years. While they both inherited this trait from a common ancestor, other plants in the same clade have evolved rounded leaves instead. What kind of trait are the spiky leaves?

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