Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 2MC

To be informative for reconstructing the phylogeny of a group of taxa, a characteristic must be

  1. a. present in all the taxa due to its presence in a common ancestor.
  2. b. present in all the taxa due to convergent evolution .
  3. c. an anatomical feature.
  4. d. a DNA sequence.
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To be informative for reconstructing the phylogeny of agroup of taxa, a characteristic must bea. present in all the taxa due to its presence in a commonancestor.b. present in all the taxa due to convergent evolution.c. an anatomical feature.d. a DNA sequence.
The branch of systematic biology that assigns organisms to specificclassifications (domain, phyla, class, etc.) is calleda. phylogenetics.b. taxonomy.c. systematics.d. cladistics.
A branch points on a phylogenetic tree is where scientists that study systematics place a groups organisms that share the formation of a new character. b organisms that have not yet diverged. c the emergence of a new genus. d the root of a phylogeny.
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