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Systematics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| evolutionary morphology | anatomy: evolution of vertebrates |
| developmental morphology | relationship between embryology & anatomy |
| theoretical morphology | deconstruct organisms, prediction --> test on live organisms |
| functional morphology | biomechanics, how they move, engineering principles |
| systematics | the study of patterns of biotic diversity; spacial, temporal, genealogical |
| taxonomy & nomenclature | recognition and naming of units of diversity, ID new species, write description |
| phylogenetics | hypotheses of relationship, making phylogenetic trees, how all life is related |
| classification | systems for storing phylogenetic information, short hand way of representing phylogenies |
| homology | shared evolutionary ancestry |
| analogy | shared function |
| homoplastic | non-homologous, convergence |
| synapomorphies | shared derived features (gives information about common ancestor) |
| symplesiomorphies | shared primitive features (does not give information about common ancestor) |
| autapomorphies | self-derived character (does not give information about common ancestor) |
| parsimony | the least costly solution --> least number of evolutionary steps |