Lecture words

Question 1

Outgroup

Answer 1

a group of organisms not belonging to the group whose evolutionary relationship are being investigated

Question 2

Terminal Node

Answer 2

a node that has no child nodes

Question 3

Sister taxa

Answer 3

two groups or taxa that share a most recent common ancestor, making them each other’s closest relatives.

Question 4

Taxa

Answer 4

a taxonomic group of any rank, such as species, family. or class

Question 5

Internal Node

Answer 5

a node that has at least on child, meaning it’s not a leaf node

Question 6

Leaf node

Answer 6

a node that has no children, marking the end of a branch or path in the tree

Question 7

Branch

Answer 7

a specialized field or sub-discipline within the broader study of life

Question 8

HGT (Horizontal Gene Transfer)

Answer 8

is the movement of genetic material between organisms that are not parent and offspring

Question 9

VGT (Vertical gene Transfer)

Answer 9

the transmission of genes from parent to offspring during reproduction.