26.3 Cladistics

Question 1

whats cladistics

Answer 1

common ancestry is the primary criterion for classifying organisms

Question 2

in cladistics, biologists put organisms into groups called_______each of which includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants

Answer 2

clades

Question 3

monophyletic

Answer 3

consists of an ancestral species and ALL of its descendants = a clade

Question 4

paraphyletic

Answer 4

consists of an ancestral species and SOME of its descendants

Question 5

polyphyletic

Answer 5

consists of taxa with different ancestors