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Homology
Cladistics
Analogy
Phylogenetic Trees
Prokaryotes
100
Complete the statement: Homologies show similarities in a species, due to ____ ____.
What is shared ancestry?
100
These "groups" make up the basis of cladistics.
What is a clade?
100
Complete the statement: Analogies show similarities in a species, due to ____ ____.
What is convergent evolution?
100
What scientific term is created from phylogenetic trees?
What is a hypothesis?
100
Where is DNA found in prokaryotes?
What is the nucleoid?
200
Along with analogy, homology belongs to this study.
What is phylogeny?
200
Complete the statement: Cladistics classify organisms by ____ ____.
What is common ancestry?
200
Along with homology, analogy belongs to this study.
What is phylogeny?
200
These groups are joined by phylogenetic trees.
What are taxa?
200
This prokaryotic structure protects it from dehydration.
What is the capsule?
300
These are used for the evaluation of homologies.
What are computer programs?
300
This taxa consists of an ancestral species with all descendants.
What are monophyletic taxa?
300
Convergent evolution is to analogy, while shared ancestry is to ____.
What is homology?
300
What simplistic method is used to investigate the factual info of the phylogenetic tree?
What is maximum parsimony?
300
How do prokaryotes reproduce?
What is binary fission?
400
What is compared when molecular homologies are evaluated?
What is DNA?
400
This taxa consists of an ancestral species with some descendants.
What are paraphyletic taxa?
400
These structures rise independently in analogies.
What are homoplasies?
400
What complex method is used to investigate the factual info of the phylogenetic tree?
What is maximum likelihood?
400
This polymer is found in the cell walls of prokaryotes.
What is peptidoglycan?
500
This term describes characteristics influenced by predecessors.
What are shared ancestral characteristics?
500
This taxa consists of different ancestors.
What are polyphyletic taxa?
500
This type of taxa is analogous, due to having different ancestors.
What are polyphyletic taxa?
500
This term describes characteristics that are unique to a clade or group.
What are shared derived characteristics?
500
What method may be used to determine amounts of peptidoglycan in the cell wall?
What is gram staining?