13077034463 | Speciation | The formation of a new, distinct species through evolution | 0 | |
13077034464 | Clades | A group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor | 1 | |
13077034465 | Morphology | The study of the forms of living organisms and the relationships between their structures | 2 | |
13077034466 | Phylogeny | The delevopment and diversification of a group of organisms or of an organism's particular feature | 3 | |
13077034467 | Fossils | The remains of a prehistoric organism in stone or amber | 4 | |
13077034468 | Monophyletic | descended from a common ancestor or ancestral group that is not shared with any other group | 5 | |
13077034469 | Taxonomy | The classification of organisms | 6 | |
13077034470 | Phylogenetics | The study of evolutionary relationships between groups of organims | 7 | |
13077034471 | Phylogenetic tree | A diagram showing the hypothesized evolutionary relationships between species | 8 | |
13077034472 | Analogous structures | Structures that have the same use but have different evolutionary history | 9 | |
13077034473 | Cladogram | A diagram showing the cladistic relationship between different species | 10 | |
13077034474 | DNA sequence alignment | A way of arragning the DNA sequences to identify similarites that may be a result of evolutionary relationships | 11 | |
13077034475 | Homologous Structures | Structures that have anatomical similarities demonstrating decent from a common ancestor | 12 |
Ap Biology: Phylogeny Flashcards
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