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13 Cards in this Set
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Endosymbiont
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an organism that lives within another, dissimilar organism.
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Mutualism
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the living together of 2 or more organisms who don't harm or hurt each other.
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Nitrogen-Fixation
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the incorporation of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds; carried out by free-living/symbiotic bacteria
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Systematics
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scientific study of biological diversity/ it's evolutionary history
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Taxonomy
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the identifying, naming, and classifying of species
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Taxon(taxa)
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general term for any one of the taxonomic categories, such as species, class, order, or phylum
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Phylogeny
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evolutionary relationships among organisms.
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Clade
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one evolutionary line of organisms
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Monophyletic
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pertaining to a taxon decended from a single ancestor
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Paraphyletic
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pertaining to a taxon that excludes species that share a common ancestor with species included in the taxon
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Synapomorphy
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derived features within a group being considered. (Drawn as tick marks on the Cladogram)
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Cladogram
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a line diagram that branches repeatedly, suggesting phylogenetic relationships among organisms.
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Convergent Evolution
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the independent development of similar structures in organisms that are not directly related.
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