SYSTEMATICS

It is a system of organizing things based on shared characteristics

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Systematics

• Phylogeny

It is the study of relationships among groups of organisms based on relatedness (common ancestry).

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Systematics

• Phylogeny

It is the classification of biological diversity through the use of shared ancestry (relatedness).

• Classification

• Taxonomy

• Systematics

• Phylogeny

It is a group of organisms classified into a single group.

• Phylogenetic tree

• Taxon

• Locus

• Homoplasy

It is the process of subdividing large collections of items, living or not, into identifiable groups based on a rule or set of rules.

• Phylogenetic

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Systematics

RNA and DNA are the two genetic materials found in humans.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The ancestral state is also knowns as____.

• Homoplasy

• Plesiomorphy

• Anomorphy

• Apomorphy

The descendent state is also knowns as____.

• Homoplasy

• Plesiomorphy

• Anomorphy

• Apomorphy

It is the empirical principle that the explanation with the fewest number of assumptions is most likely to be correct.

• Maximum Parsimony

• Distance Methods

• Maximum Likelihood

• Bayesian Probability

• Heuristic Search

This method use a model of evolution to calculate the likelihood of the data given a particular tree.

• Maximum Parsimony

• Distance Methods

• Maximum Likelihood

• Bayesian Probability

• Heuristic Search