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science Vocab2

TermDefinition
Analogous Structures Different structures that have the same function such as a bird wing, butterfly wing, and a bat wing
Conservation of Design The idea that an intelligent Creator designed a flexible general plan, which could be adapted for different animals
Homologous Structures Structures that are similar in construction but have different functions such as a human hand, what flipper, and a bat wing
Vestigial structure A structure that does not appear to have any use and that is often presumed to be a leftover
Cladistics Another name for the process of phylogenetic analysis
Cladogram Another name for a phylogenetic tree
parsimony the selection of one cladogram out of many that requires the fewest evolutionary changes
Phylogenetic analysis the process of grouping organisms based on multiple shared characteristics or traits that were not shared with organisms thought to have been their ancestors
Phylogenetic Tree Graphic of the phylogenetic analysis used to see how animals are related
Systematics The classification system used presently to classify organisms
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