Openstax AP Biology Chapter 20: Phylogenies and the History of Life
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- Q1characteristic that is similar between organisms by convergent evolution, not due to the same evolutionary pathanalogy30s
- Q2branch on a phylogenetic tree that has not diverged significantly from the root ancestorbasal taxon30s
- Q3system of two-part scientific names for an organism, which includes genus and species namesbinomial nomenclature30s
- Q4node on a phylogenetic tree where a single lineage splits into distinct new onesbranch point30s
- Q5system used to organize homologous traits to describe phylogeniescladistics30s
- Q6division of phylum in the taxonomic classification systemclass30s
- Q7proposal that prokaryotes evolved from eukaryoteseukaryote-first hypothesis30s
- Q8division of order in the taxonomic classification systemfamily30s
- Q9division of family in the taxonomic classification system; the first part of the binomialgenus30s
- Q10division of domain in the taxonomic classification systemkingdom30s
- Q11technique using molecular evidence to identify phylogenetic relationshipsmolecular systematics30s
- Q12division of class in the taxonomic classification systemorder30s
- Q13diagram used to reflect the evolutionary relationships among organisms orphylogenetic tree30s
- Q14evolutionary history and relationship of an organism or group of organismsphylogeny30s
- Q15(plural: phyla) division of kingdom in the taxonomic classification systemphylum30s