Phylogeny
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- Q1What is the study of the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species called?taxonomybinomial nomenclaturesystematicsphylogeny30s
- Q2What is the discipline focused on classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships called?binomial nomenclaturephylogenytaxonomysystematics30s
- Q3How are organisms named and classified by their characteristics?phylogenybinomial nomenclaturetaxonomysystematics30s
- Q4What is the classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name called?systematicstaxonomybinomial nomenclaturephylogeny30s
- Q5Which of the following represents the taxonomic groups in hierarchical order?species genus family order class phylum kingdomphylum class order family genus speciesspecies genus family order class phylum kingdom domaindomain kingdom phylum class order family genus species30s
- Q6What is a taxonomic unit at any level of hierarchy called?taxonphylogenetic treephylocodebranch point30s
- Q7What is a branching diagram that represents the evolutionary history of a group of organisms called?phylogenetic treebranch pointtaxonphylocode30s
- Q8What is a classification system that recognizes only groups that include a common ancestor and all its descendants called?phylogenetic treebranch pointPhylocodetaxon30s
- Q9What does the divergence of two evolutionary lineages from a common ancestor?branch pointgroups of organisms that share an immediate common ancestora taxonomic unit at any level of hierarchya classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name30s
- Q10What are groups of organisms that share an immediate common ancestor called?polytomyhomologiesbasal taxonsister taxa30s
- Q11What is a phylogenetic tree that includes a branch to represent the last common ancestor of all taxa in the tree called?rootedphylogenetic treepolytomybasal taxon30s
- Q12What is a lineage that diverges early in the history of a group called?polytomyphylogenetic treebasal taxonsister taxa30s
- Q13What does a polytomy in a phylogenetic tree indicate?a type of classification systema shared ancestral traita branch from which more than two groups emergea taxonomic unit at any level of hierarchy30s
- Q14phenotypic and genetic similarities due to shared ancestryspecies that diverged recentlyanalogies due to convergent evolutionhomologiesgroups of organisms with a common ancestor30s
- Q15similarities due to convergent evolutionanalogiesspecies that diverged recentlyphenotypic and genetic similarities due to shared ancestrygroups of organisms with a common ancestor30s