Phylogeny and Cladograms

According to this cladogram, primates are most closely related to -

• Amphibians
• Rodents and rabbits
• Crocodiles
• Birds

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to this cladogram, birds are LEAST related to -

• Amphibians
• Sharks
• Ray Finned Fish
• Crocodiles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

According to the cladogram, which organism is most distantly related to the human?

• crayfish
• rat
• perch
• frog

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

You look at two species and see very similar amino acid sequences. What does this likely tell you?

• These are the same animal.
• These animals have a common ancestor.
• These animals are not likely related.
• These animals are likely becoming one species.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The more similar the genes of two species are, the more _________________________ the species are likely to be.

• distantly related

• different

• closely related

• unique

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Each place a branch splits is called a _________. These represent the most recent common ancestor

• Clade

• Node

• Character

• Phylogeny

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Traits that can be used to figure out evolutionary relationships among a group of species

• Derived characters

• Nodes

• Genes

• Clades

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

• isolation

• genetic drift

• evolution

• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Structures that are similar due to a shared common ancestor

• analogous

• homologous

• vestigial

• phylogeny

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Structures that are similar in function but do NOT share a common ancestor.

• homologous

• analogous

• vestigial

• phylogemy