Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18, Problem 16SQ
Match the terms with the most suitable description.
| ______ | phylogeny | a. similar across many taxa |
| ______ | cladogram | b. evolutionary history |
| ______ | master regulators | c. human arm and bird wing |
| ______ | convergent evolution | d. present in a group but not in its ancestors |
| ______ | derived character | e. based on neutral mutations |
| ______ | molecular clock | f. insect wing and bird wing |
| ______ | analogous structures | g. diagram of .sets within sets |
| ______ | divergent evolution | h. different lineages evolve in a similar way |
| ______ | homologous structures | i. closely related lineages evolve in different ways |
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