Phylogenetic Relationships of Major Groups
The evolutionary history of a species or group of related species is called its phylogeny. When the evolutionary history is diagrammed, it is shown in the sh...
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Phylogeny
Before the mid-1800s, classification of organisms into groups, called taxa, was generally based on overall similarity of physical appearance. There was no guiding principle as to why the mem...
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Monophylogeny
Monophylogeny is a term used in the science of systematics to describe a group of organisms that are classified in the same taxon and share a common ancestor. The term monophylogeny come...
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Phylogenetic
The term phylogenetic (or phyletic) is used in reference to relationships among groups of organisms based on their shared evolutionary history (that is, on their phylogeny). One of the ma...
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Phylogenetic
The term phylogenetic (or phyletic) is used in reference to relationships among groups of organisms based on their shared evolutionary history (that is, on their phylogeny). One of the ma...
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Phylogeny
Phylogeny is the inferred evolutionary history of a group of organisms. Paleontologists are interested in understanding life through time--not just at one time in the past or present, but ov...
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Phylogeny
Phylogeny is the inferred evolutionary history of a group of organisms (including microorganisms). Paleontologists are interested in understanding life through time, not just at one time in ...
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Phylogenetic Relationships of Major Groups
Phylogeny
Monophylogeny
Phylogenetic
Phylogeny