1/22/20 Flashcards
1
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three main groups of animals
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Lophotrochozoa, Ecdysozoa, and Deuterostomia
2
Q
phylogenetic tree that indicates who’s most closely related to whom
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cladogram
3
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intersections in a phylogenetic tree
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nodes
4
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multiple branches occurring at the same spot in a phylogenetic tree, indicates uncertainty about which lineage branched off when
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polytomy
5
Q
in a phylogenetic tree, time moves from ____ to ____
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bottom; top
6
Q
in this phylogenetic tree, lengths of branches indicate amount of evolutionary separation
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phylogram
7
Q
an aspect of the phenotype used to diagnose phylogenetic relationships between taxa
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characters
8
Q
field of bio that studies relationships between organisms
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phylogenetics/systematics
9
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field of bio that classifies and names organisms
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taxonomy
