Which of the following CANNOT be learned by looking at phylogenetic trees? A ALL of these. B Which groups of species represent natural monophyletic groups (clades) that should be named. Which ancestral nodes (representing extinct ancestors) might be older than other ancestral nodes. Which extant species are older than other extant species. E Which characteristics most likely evolved along specific branches of the evolutionary tree.

Q: 2. (a) In your notebook, sketch the phylogenetic tree in Figure 7, above. Do not include the…

A: A phylogenetic tree is a visual representation of the evolutionary associations between a few…

Q: A. Which two alien species are likely to be the most related? Why?  B. Which two alien species are…

A: 1. Persnippys and Crabbils are most related as from the cladogram we can observe that both of these…

Evolutionary lineages

An evolutionary lineage is a series of populations of organisms that descend from a common ancestor. Each species in the lineage is the direct consequence of evolutionary change from a common ancestor. A phylogenetic tree is generally used to display lineages visually. Lineages are components of the phylogenetic tree of life. Molecular systematics procedures are widely used to predict lineages.