Phylogenetic Trees and Cladograms
Focuses on interpreting and constructing phylogenetic trees and cladograms to represent evolutionary relationships among organisms.
Key Questions
- Explain how phylogenetic trees illustrate evolutionary relationships and common ancestry.
- Analyze a cladogram to identify shared derived characters and sister taxa.
- Construct a simple cladogram based on a given set of morphological or molecular data.
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