Chapter 18 Class Notes Flashcards
1
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Similarity
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Homology
2
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Stores, replicates, and transmits info
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What does DNA do?
3
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A characteristic possessed by the members of a particular clade that evolved before the branching of the clade was defined
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Primitive Character
4
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A trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a particular lineage that was passed on to its descendants
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Derived Character
5
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the common ancestor
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What is the root of a cladogram
6
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The ancestral branch of a cladogram
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What is an internode
7
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A specification branch of a cladogram
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What is a node
8
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Groups species into categories based on their evolutionary commonalities
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Phylogenic systematics
9
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The evolutionary history of lineages
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Phylogeny
10
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The science of naming and grouping organisms
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Systematics
11
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The atom
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What is the basic unit of matter?
