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Cards (13)

  • Genus
    Oldest level of taxonomic classification
  • Outgroup
    Distant group of organisms
  • Cladogram
    Based on derived traits
  • Phylogenetic
    Common ancestor
  • How long did the HMS Beagle voyage last?
    5 years (1831 - 1836)
  • Domain
    Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
  • Kingdoms
    Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
  • Homologous Structures

    Suggest common ancestry or shared descent.
  • Analogous Structures

    Suggest that organisms of differemt descent or close common ancestor have evolved with the same function because of the same needs.
  • Fossils
    Organisms from the past look very different from the organisms living today.
  • Embryology
    Suggests that organisms that are closely related seems to have similarities or common traits during their embryonic stage because they have evolved from a common ancestor.
  • Biogeography
    Suggests that some living organisms are u ique to specific places because they have evolved to adapt on certain conditions present in those places.
  • Comparative Anatomy
    Study of body structures or an organisms to compsre and infer evolutionary links.