Cladistics

Group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor.

• Genus

• Species

• Clade

• Class

The term used for the shared ancestral character.

• Homoplasy

• Autapomorphy

• Synapomorphy

• symplesiomorphy

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

The term used for the shared derived character.

• Homoplasy

• Autapomorphy

• Synapomorphy

• symplesiomorphy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A classification system based on shared characteristics between groups or organisms and their common ancestor

• Cladistics

• Cladiogram

• Bionomial nomenclature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A branching diagram representing a hypothesis about the evolutionary descent of groups of organisms from a common ancestor.

• Cladistics

• Cladiogram

• Taxonomy

Which ancestry diagrams are based on derived character(s)?

• Cladograms

• Systematic

• Taxonomic

• Morphologic

Which of the following is a method used to construct phylogenetic trees based on shared derived characteristics?

• Phenetics

• Cladistics

• Taxonomy

• Morphology

In cladistics, what is the term for a group that includes an ancestor and all its descendants?

• Genus

• Species

• Clade

• Family

What is the primary focus of cladistics in biological classification?

• Morphological similarities

• Evolutionary relationships

• Geographical distribution

• Genetic mutations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a clade?

• Monophyletic

• Includes all descendants

• Polyphyletic

• Based on shared derived traits