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What is the primary objective of systematics?
What is the primary objective of systematics?
- Analyzing the ecological roles of organisms
- Classifying organisms based on physical similarities
- Studying the behavior of organisms
- Elucidating phylogeny (correct)
What is phylogeny?
What is phylogeny?
- The evolutionary history or pattern of descent of a group of organisms (correct)
- The study of fossil records
- The classification of organisms into different groups
- The analysis of genetic mutations
What does a cladogram represent?
What does a cladogram represent?
- The ecological niche of an organism
- The geographic distribution of species
- The reproductive behavior of a species
- An estimate of phylogeny (correct)
What do lineages represent in a cladogram?
What do lineages represent in a cladogram?
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What is the specific branch of systematics concerned with inferring phylogeny?
What is the specific branch of systematics concerned with inferring phylogeny?
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