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Taxonomy |
The science of classification. |
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Monophyletic
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A |
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Paraphyletic |
B |
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Polyphyletic |
C |
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Basal Taxa |
The oldest like branch |
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Homologous structures |
Structures descended from the same ancestral |
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Analogous structures |
Structures are due to evolutionary convergence. They do not indicate evolutionaryrelationships. |
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Maximum parsimony |
The simplest; The branches are arranged in a way thatrequires the fewest evolutionary events to explain current characteristics. |
