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To determine: The importance of phylogeny in deducing the novel medicines from seed plants.
Concept introduction: Phylogeny depicts the evolutionary relationship among a group of organisms. It describes how a group of organisms evolved with the time. The relationship among a group of organisms is depicted through a phylogenetic tree. The phylogeny can be deduced using either the DNA sequence or morphology.
There are various terms used in study of phylogenetic tree namely monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic. The monophyletic taxon refers to a clade that contains all the descendants of a common ancestor. A paraphyletic clade contains descendants from a common ancestor but not all the descendents. On the other hand, the polyphyletic is a clade that contains descendants from more than one common ancestor.
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Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
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- Explain why plants being polyploid makes using the phylogenetic species concept difficult to use. Be sure to explain how the phylogenetic species concept attempts to classify organisms into distinct species. How can scientists still use the phylogenetic species concept to classify land plants, despite the majority being polyploid? (What do they do to get around this problem?)arrow_forwardLook at picture attached A) What does the phylogeny suggest about the evolutionary process that led to the trait differences by habitat? a. convergent evolution b. adaptive radiation c. phenotypic plasticity B) Choose different functional forms from two of the habitats shown in the collage and describe how one or more differences in form may represent an adaptation to their different environment. Example: compare plant form for lobeliads in montane bog to cloud forest understoryarrow_forwardFILL UP THE TABLE WITH 1=PRESENT AND 0=ABSENT Xylem Wood and Phloem Seeds Chloroplast Cuticle and Flower Chlamydomonas Marchantia Psilotum Gingko |xora Construct a phylogenetic tree for the following OTU and use bars to denote their apomorphiesarrow_forward
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