Chap 20 Flashcards

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phylogenetics

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the study of ancestor & descendent relationships

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phylogeny

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evolutionary history
relationships of organism or group of organisms

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phylogenic trees

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visual relationship of phylogeny

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sister taxa

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same branch point

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basal taxa

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early unbranched

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polytonomy

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branch w/ 2 taxa

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