EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS Flashcards
1
Q
deals with grouping organisms and determining how they are related
A
systematics
2
Q
focuses on classifying, naming, and grouping organisms
A
taxonomy
3
Q
study of determining evol relationships or patterns of descent
A
phylogenetics
4
Q
portray the evolutionary divergence
A
phylogeny tree
5
Q
include protein’s amino acid sequence, differences in the gene’s individual nucleotide sequence, or differences in gene arrangements
A
molecular characteristics
6
Q
examples of ultra-conserving genes
A
regulatory genes
genes encoding for tRNA
genes involved in ATP synthesis
