AP Biology- Phylogenetic Trees Flashcards
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| 7879457223 | What is a phylogenetic tree used for? | represent evolutionary relationships |  | 0 |
| 7879457224 | What is a clade? | a group of all organisms with common traits |  | 1 |
| 7879457225 | What does each line on a phylogenetic tree represent? | an organism | 2 | |
| 7879457226 | What does the distance between each line on a phylogenetic tree mean? | how long ago they had a common ancestor | 3 | |
| 7879457227 | What does the line that connects all the branches represent on a phylogenetic tree? | common ancestor | 4 | |
| 7879457228 | shared ancestral character | a character, shared by members of a particular clade, that originated in an ancestor that is not a member of that clade |  | 5 |
| 7879457229 | common ancestor and speciation or divergence | What do branch points represent? | 6 | |
| 7879457230 | cladogram | a diagram that groups organisms together based on ancestors/characteristics |  | 7 |
| 7879457231 | domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species | What is the order of classification levels from the most inclusive/broadest to the least inclusive/most specific? | 8 |