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| evolutionary relationships (history) of taxa |
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| the study of biodiversity in an evolutionary context, encompassing taxonomy and phylogeny |
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| the identification, naming, and classification of an organism |
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| Genus specific epithet (species) |
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| traits or features of an organism |
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| based off anatomy and embryology |
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| based off of matting patterns, mating calls, etc |
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| based off of protein sequences, gene sequences, position of genes on a chromosome, etc |
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| homology (between organisms) |
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| similarity due to recent common ancestry and evolutionary descent |
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| similar in structure but may differ in function; indicate a common evolutionary descent |
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| analogy; homoplasy; convergent similarity; character evolved independently for same function |
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| similar in function but not necessarily in structure; do not reflect a recent common ancestor |
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| branches repeatedly; each branch defined by a derived character |
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| a primitive (ancestral) character |
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| a derived (evolved) character |
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| study group; how are they related? |
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| shared derived homologues (characters) |
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| shared primitive (ancestral) characters |
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| share a common ancestor; each others' closest relatives |
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