5.4 - Cladistics and Evolutionary Relationships
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What is a clade?
💡 Hint: Think about family trees!
What does a cladogram illustrate?
💡 Hint: Look for shared traits!
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What is a clade?
💡 Hint: Think of how family trees are constructed.
A cladogram represents what type of relationship?
💡 Hint: Visualize how species connect over time.
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Using phylogenetic methods, evaluate how a recent discovery of genetic data reshaped the classification of a specific group of animals, such as reptiles.
💡 Hint: Research how genetic studies can change our views on evolutionary links!
Develop a cladogram based on hypothetical data for four fictional species and explain their evolutionary relationships.
💡 Hint: Consider what characteristics indicate common ancestry!
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