Understanding Evolutionary Grades Quiz

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What is the term coined by British biologist Julian Huxley to contrast with clade?

Grade (correct)

Phylogenetics

Paraphyletic

Taxon

What determines the relationships among or within groups of organisms in phylogenetics?

Behavioral patterns

DNA sequences (correct)

Fossil records

Environmental factors

What is the result of an analysis in phylogenetics?

Clade

Evolutionary grade

Phylogenetic tree (correct)

Paraphyletic taxon

What is an evolutionary grade?

A group of species united by morphological or physiological traits Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first to divide tetrapods into the four familiar classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

Julian Huxley Signup and view all the answers

What is the term coined by British biologist Julian Huxley to contrast with clade?

Grade Signup and view all the answers

What determines the relationships among or within groups of organisms in phylogenetics?

Observed heritable traits Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of an analysis in phylogenetics?

Phylogenetic tree Signup and view all the answers

What represents a paraphyletic taxon?

Ancestral group in an evolutionary grade Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first to divide tetrapods into the four familiar classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

Latreille Signup and view all the answers

What is the term coined by Julian Huxley to contrast with clade?

Grade Signup and view all the answers

How are the relationships among or within groups of organisms determined in phylogenetics?

By phylogenetic inference methods focusing on observed heritable traits Signup and view all the answers

What represents a paraphyletic taxon?

An ancestral group that is not phylogenetically complete Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of an analysis in phylogenetics?

A phylogenetic tree Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first to divide tetrapods into the four familiar classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

Julian Huxley Signup and view all the answers

Understanding Evolutionary Grades Quiz

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What is the term coined by British biologist Julian Huxley to contrast with clade?

What determines the relationships among or within groups of organisms in phylogenetics?

What is the result of an analysis in phylogenetics?

What is an evolutionary grade?

Who was the first to divide tetrapods into the four familiar classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

What is the term coined by British biologist Julian Huxley to contrast with clade?

What determines the relationships among or within groups of organisms in phylogenetics?

What is the result of an analysis in phylogenetics?

What represents a paraphyletic taxon?

Who was the first to divide tetrapods into the four familiar classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

What is the term coined by Julian Huxley to contrast with clade?

How are the relationships among or within groups of organisms determined in phylogenetics?

What represents a paraphyletic taxon?

What is the result of an analysis in phylogenetics?

Who was the first to divide tetrapods into the four familiar classes of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

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