7.6,7,8: Phylogeny Flashcards
1
Q
What are systematics?
A
Classification of organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships
2
Q
What is taxonomy?
A
Naming and classifying species
3
Q
What are phylogenetics?
A
Hypothesis of evolutionary history
4
Q
Phylogentic trees are used to show ____
A
Evolution
5
Q
To determine evolutionary relationships, scientists use what 4 methods?
A
- Fossil records
- DNA
- Proteins
- Homologous structure
6
Q
What are phylogenetic trees?
A
Diagrams that represent the evolutionary history of a group of organisms
7
Q
What is the difference between phylogenetic trees and cladograms?
A
- trees show the amount of change over time, measure by fossils
