PHYLOGENETIC TREES

shows the possible

evolutionary relationship among

species

• Genetic map
• Evolutionary ladder
• Species chart
• Phylogenetic tree

the evolutionary

history for a group of species. Uses

evidence from living species (ex.

Homologous structures), fossil record,

and molecular data (ex. DNA)

• Phylogenetics
• Ecology
• Genetics
• Biology

are a common

method of making evolutionary trees.

• Phylogenetic methods
• Evolutionary methods
• Tree-making techniques
• Cladograms

A characteristic that evolved in a common

ancestor.

• Parallel trait
• Homologous trait
• Ancestral or Primitive trait

• Divergent trait

Made up of dichotomous branches,

with groups of organisms or individual

species at the ends of each branch.

• Evolutionary tree
• Cladograms

• Branching tree
• Phylogenetic tree

a group of species that

shares a common ancestor.

• branch
• tribe
• clade
• genus