What are the synapomorphies of Phylliinae?

Q: What are the different Pre-zygotic and Post-Zygotic Reproductive Barriers?

A: Acvording to our guideline we can answer only the first question with three subparts. You hava…

Q: What triggers pseudopod formation?

A: Pseudopod comes from the Greek words pseudes and podos, meaning “false” and “feet” respectively.…

Q: Discuss the systematic position of Labeo?

A: The genus Labeo consist of more than 100 species around the world. It is the most diverse group.…

Q: Differentiate between Phylum Porifera and Clade Eumetazoa. A)Poriferans are only haploid during…

A: The question is asking to differentiate between two biological classifications: Phylum Porifera and…

Q: hox genes and segment polarity genes

A: Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly. This species is often referred to as the fruit fly or…

Q: What is morphology of noctiluca?

A: The unicellular eukaryotes are single-celled organisms with mitochondria, nucleus, and other…

Q: What is meant by term Allelomorphs?

A: Two British geneticists,  William Bateson, and Edith Rebecca Saunders are credited for discovering…

Q: What is the role of stigmata in the cockroaches?

A: Cockroaches are the insects belonging to the order Blattodea. These are generalized insects and do…

Q: What are alternations of generations of funaria?

A: Funaria is the genus of moss that includes about 200 species. They are Bryophytes and have rhizoids…

Q: In the tree below, which taxon is most closely related to the Pseudergolinae?

A: The correct answer is option D. Cyrestinae. From the phylogenetic tree given here, we can say that…

Q: What Class does this organism belong to? What is the Genus and Species of this organism?

A: Class ----- Holothuroidea

Q: What are the external characters of Rana?

A: Rana is a genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frog known as the Holarctic true frogs,…

Q: What is the sister group to Innovatiocaris maotianshanensis?   The phylogeny shows that some named…

A: A clade is defined as a group that contains all the descendents of a common ansector thus forming a…

Q: What are Deuteromycetes?

A: A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms. It includes microorganisms such as…

Q: Define class-chondeichtyes with diagram?

A: Phylum Chordates are characterized by the presence of four diagnostic characters notochord, dorsal…

Q: for the organism Polyommatus eleniae  Use this link to answer the following:…

A: Polyommatus eleniae, commonly known as the silvery blue butterfly is a species of butterfly in the…

Animal Phylogeny

Cladistics is a method of biological classification where organisms are classified based on their ancestors and their relationship with them. It is defined as the concepts and methods for determining the branching patterns of evolution and evolutionary history. Some scientists, however, have preferred the term phylogenetic systematics or phylogenetic taxonomy to emphasize the reliance on a phylogeny for classification. It is the most common and accepted method for classifying organisms.