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Ap Biology: Phylogeny Flashcards

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13077034463SpeciationThe formation of a new, distinct species through evolution0
13077034464CladesA group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor1
13077034465MorphologyThe study of the forms of living organisms and the relationships between their structures2
13077034466PhylogenyThe delevopment and diversification of a group of organisms or of an organism's particular feature3
13077034467FossilsThe remains of a prehistoric organism in stone or amber4
13077034468Monophyleticdescended from a common ancestor or ancestral group that is not shared with any other group5
13077034469TaxonomyThe classification of organisms6
13077034470PhylogeneticsThe study of evolutionary relationships between groups of organims7
13077034471Phylogenetic treeA diagram showing the hypothesized evolutionary relationships between species8
13077034472Analogous structuresStructures that have the same use but have different evolutionary history9
13077034473CladogramA diagram showing the cladistic relationship between different species10
13077034474DNA sequence alignmentA way of arragning the DNA sequences to identify similarites that may be a result of evolutionary relationships11
13077034475Homologous StructuresStructures that have anatomical similarities demonstrating decent from a common ancestor12

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