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The evolutionary history of a species or group of related species. |
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A scientific discipline focused on classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships.
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A scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life. |
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The two-part latinized name of a species, consisting of the genus and specific epithet.
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A branching diagram that represents a hypothesis about the evolutionary history of a group of organisms.
Phylogenetic trees do show patterns of descent
Phylogenetic trees do not indicate when species evolved or how much genetic change occurred in a lineage
It shouldn’t be assumed that a taxon evolved from the taxon next to it |
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which recognizes only groups that include a common ancestor and all its descendents |
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An approach to systematics in which organisms are placed into groups called clades based primarily on common descent. |
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A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants. |
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Pertaining to a group of taxa that consists of a common ancestor and all its descendants. A monophyletic taxon is equivalent to a clade. |
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Pertaining to a group of taxa that consists of a common ancestor and some, but not all, of its descendants. |
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Pertaining to a group of taxa derived from two or more different ancestors. |
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