BIL 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Molecular Clock, Symplesiomorphy, Polyphyly
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Bil 160 study guide exam 2, part 1. Chapter 26 phylogeny and the tree of life. Reading notes: this lecture covers the first three concepts of chapter 26 (26. 1, 26. 2, 26. 3). You"re not responsible for concepts 26. 4 or 26. 5 genomes (p. 559-560), molecular clocks (p. 560-(cid:891)(cid:892)2). We"ll address 2(cid:892). (cid:892) as we begin our look at biodiversity, coming up. Vocabulary: phylogeny, taxonomy, systematics, taxon, cladistics, character, character state, plesiomorphic, apomorphic, symplesiomorphy, synapomorphy, outgroup, branch point/node, sister taxa, homoplasy, basal taxon, maximum parsimony, monophyletic, polyphyletic, paraphyletic, species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain, analogy, homoplasies.
