Slide 1 Branches, splits, bipartitions In a rooted tree: clades (for urooted trees sometimes the term clann is used) Mono-, Para-, polyphyletic groups, cladists and a natural…
Slide 1 Cenancestor (aka LUCA or MRCA) can be placed using the echo remaining from the early expansion of the genetic code. reflects only a single cellular component no reticulation…
Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Phylogeny and The Tree of Life Learning Targets Focus Questions What is binomial nomenclature? And why is it useful? What are the taxanomic groups from…
Slide 1 What is the biological concept of a species? What are the problems with this definition? How is the phylogenetic concept of a species different? How does the phylogenetic…
Slide 1 Reconstructing the History of Lineages Chapter 11 Tereza Jezkova School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas March 2011 study of evolutionary relatedness…
Reconstructing the History of Lineages Chapter 11 Tereza Jezkova School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas March 2011 study of evolutionary relatedness among…