VitalSource Booksx 6 https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/reader/books/978... -> Figure 1-1. Interpreting phylogenetic trees: ancestral and derived characters among some plant taxa. Anglosperms Bryophytes Gymnosperms Monocots Eudicots Flowers Seeds The character state transition from no flowers to flowers is indicated here. Vascular tissue Terrestrial All gymnosperms and angiosperms share two characters seeds and vascularization. 1. Of the plant groups included in Figure 1-1, which taxa have seeds? 2. Are the angiosperms more dosely related to the bryophytes or the gymnosperms? 3.Explain your answer to question #2. Please use complete sentences! 4. Circle the node in Figure 1-1 that indicates the most recent common ancestor of gym- nosperms and angiosperms. 5. List the characters that differentiate monocots and eudicots (two groups of angio- sperms) as separate branches on the phylogenetic tree. In addition, give several ex- amples of each.

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1. Of the plant groups included in Figure 1-1, which taxes have seeds?

2. Are the angiosperms more closely related to the bryophytes or the gymnosperms?

3. Explain your answer to question #2 

4. Circle the node in Figure 1-1 that indicates the most recent common ancestor of gymnosperms and angiosperms. 

5. List the characters that differentiate monocots and eudicots ( two groups of angiosperms) as seperate branches on the phylogenetic tree. In addition, give several examples of each. 

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Figure 1-1. Interpreting phylogenetic trees: ancestral and derived characters among some plant taxa.
Anglosperms
Bryophytes Gymnosperms Monocots
Eudicots
Flowers
Seeds
The character state
transition from no
flowers to flowers is
indicated here.
Vascular tissue
Terrestrial
All gymnosperms and
angiosperms share two
characters seeds and
vascularization.
1. Of the plant groups included in Figure 1-1, which taxa have seeds?
2. Are the angiosperms more dosely related to the bryophytes or the gymnosperms?
3.Explain your answer to question #2. Please use complete sentences!
4. Circle the node in Figure 1-1 that indicates the most recent common ancestor of gym-
nosperms and angiosperms.
5. List the characters that differentiate monocots and eudicots (two groups of angio-
sperms) as separate branches on the phylogenetic tree. In addition, give several ex-
amples of each.
Transcribed Image Text:VitalSource Booksx 6 https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/reader/books/978... -> Figure 1-1. Interpreting phylogenetic trees: ancestral and derived characters among some plant taxa. Anglosperms Bryophytes Gymnosperms Monocots Eudicots Flowers Seeds The character state transition from no flowers to flowers is indicated here. Vascular tissue Terrestrial All gymnosperms and angiosperms share two characters seeds and vascularization. 1. Of the plant groups included in Figure 1-1, which taxa have seeds? 2. Are the angiosperms more dosely related to the bryophytes or the gymnosperms? 3.Explain your answer to question #2. Please use complete sentences! 4. Circle the node in Figure 1-1 that indicates the most recent common ancestor of gym- nosperms and angiosperms. 5. List the characters that differentiate monocots and eudicots (two groups of angio- sperms) as separate branches on the phylogenetic tree. In addition, give several ex- amples of each.
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