BIO 1130 Study Guide - Evolutionary Taxonomy, Synapomorphy, Monophyly
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Crossword - organizing the living world: linnaeus classified organisms based on morphologically and structurally similar characters rather than differences,this term refers to these type of characters. Natural: every animal in a taxon shares this type of ancestor. Common: special text formatting that you have to apple to a genus species name when typed. Italic: in some animals in a taxon the original characters that defined the group have been modified, they are now this type of character. Derived: these derived characters shared by all members of the clade and are referred to as these. Synapomorphies: cladistics emphasizes this type of relationship between the different taxa. Monophyletic: a term that describes any of the major or minor groups in the classification system. Taxon: the kingdom of multi-celled saprophytic organisms that have a cell wall composed of chitin. Fungi: monophyletic groups have this number of ancestors. One: these appendages of bats and birds are homologous with our arms.
