Final Exam Flashcards
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The table shows your distribution of traits (A-E) in six extant species…which species would you designate as the outgroup?
5
Two principal organelles in eukaryotes that were apparently derived from different types of bacteria are the
mitochondria and chloroplasts
consider the cladogram above…which specie has greatest number of ancestral states
1
based on the phylogeny shows, which characteristics is homoplastic
tree
the group that probably gave rise to chloroplasts is?
cyanobacteria
What is the purpose of ancient metabolic pathways in microorganisms
to generate energy for life processes
What would result for global climate from a massive drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide
a decrease in surface temperature
The early Earth’s reducing atmosphere probably contained all of the following except
oxygen
consider the cladogram…shares the greatest number of derived characters (synapomorphies)
6 and 5
Cyanobacteria changed the early earth’s atmosphere by giving off
oxygen
The Permian-Triassic mass extinction paved the way for what group of animals to diversify
dinosaurs
Eukaryotic cells acquired mitochondria and chloroplasts by
endosymbiosis
The age of the Earth according to modern estimations is about
4.6 billion years
A frog should be added to the phylogeny above at point
A
Who is the ancestral group of this phylogenetic tree
carnivore
Derived character states shared by clade members are called
synapomorphies
Based on the phylogeny…the outgroup would be species
1
The following are steps used to construct a cladogram…based on the fewest character state changes?
Apply the principle of parsimony
Life apparently originated on Earth about
3.5 billion years ago
Based on the phylogeny…is not a tree but has seeds
rose
Characteristics between the branch points of a cladogram that are shared…in any below it are called
derived characters
These are the oldest known fossils…successive generations of microbial communities
stromatolites
The common ancestor shared by mouse and gorilla is at point ___ on the phylogeny shown
E
Assume that the ancestors of this phylogeny had vascular…lists all key traits of a ginkgo?
seeds, tree, vascular tissue, and chlorophyll