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What is the taxonomic hierarchy?
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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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A group of potentially interbreeding natural populations that are capable of producing viable, fertile offspring is ____.
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A species
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________ is the evolution of a new species. It is a population level process that begins with the isolation of a small number of individuals from the larger population of a species.
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Speciation
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______ is a method used to reconstruct relationships among species based on nested sets of shared derived characteristics.
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Cladistics
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What are the 2 main assumptions when determining how to create a cladogram?
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1-speciation is a branching (splitting) process2-the best explanations for evolutionary change are the most parsimonious.
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What is the 1st step in making a cladogram?
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Find a group you are interested in
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What is the 2nd step in making a cladogram?
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Select characters that vary among species and go to an out-group to compare.
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What is the 3rd step in making a cladogram?
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Collect information on characters for all taxa.
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What is the 4th step in making a cladogram?
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Search for the most parsimonious cladogram.
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What is a plesiomorphy?
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A primitive character
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What is a symplesiomorphy?
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A shared primitive character.
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What is an apomorphy?
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A derived character.
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_________ is a shared derived character.
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Synapomorphy
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______ is a derived character in a single species.
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Autapomorphy
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If a characteristic evolved from a common ancestor, it evolved this way...
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Homologously
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