Chapter 18.2 Flashcards
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Clade
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Evolutionary branch of a cladogram that includes a single ancestor and all its descendants
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Phylogeny
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The evolutionary history of a lineage
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Monophyletic group
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Group that consists of a single ancestral species and all its descendants and excludes any organisms that are not descended from that common ancestor
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Cladogram
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Diagram depicting patterns of shared characteristics among species
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Derived character
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Trait that appears in recent parts of a lineage, but not in its older members.
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Derived character
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Trait that appears in recent parts of a lineage, but not in its older members
