When an organism exhibits ____________ growth, its fecundity ________ with age, until senescence.     indeterminate, decreases     determinate, decreases     indeterminate, increases     determinate, increases     none of the above f you were to construct a phylogeny for all vertebrates in North America, the presence of feathers would be considered ____________ for birds.     none of the options are correct     homoplastic     symplesiomorphic     synapomorphic     parsimonius

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A: In 1946 Ediacaran fauna was found in Ediacara Hills of South Australia. So this fauna is called as…

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Q: Cnidarians development will continue to include the stage. --- Gastrula Zygote Blastula Gamete

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Q: Hemipterans

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Q: if you were to construct a phylogeny for all vertebrates in North America, the presence of feathers…

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Q: All Amniotes

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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.