Chapter 23 Flashcards
1
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Systematics
A
Study of evolutionary relationships
2
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Phylogeny
A
Similarities and differences of species
3
Q
Evolution
A
Not always divergent
4
Q
Ancestry
A
Common ancestor
5
Q
Derived
A
Shared by species
6
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Cladistics
A
Shared derived species
7
Q
Taxon
A
Species/higher level group
8
Q
Outgroup
A
Related to but not member of group
9
Q
Clade
A
Common ancestral species
10
Q
Parisomy
A
Phylogenetic tree with fewest assumptions and fewest evolutionary traits
11
Q
Synapomorphy
A
Derived character shared clade members
12
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Symplesiomorphies
A
Shared ancestral
13
Q
Plesimorphies
A
Ancestral states
14
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Homoplasy
A
Shared derived, not inherited from common ancestor
15
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Taxonomy
A
Living things of particular level
