Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of Animals - Animal Diversity | Biology+

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Animal Biology

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Set 1: Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity

Set 2: Animal Ecology

Set 3: Animal Architecture

Set 4: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals

Set 5: Unicellular Eukaryotes

Set 6: Sponges: Phylum Porifera

Set 7: Cnidarians and Ctenophores

Set 8: Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa: Flatworms, Gastrotrichs, Gnathiferans, and Mesozoans

Set 9: Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa: Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Nemertea

Set 10: Molluscs

Set 11: Annelids and Allied Taxa

Set 12: Smaller Ecdysozoans

Set 13: Arthropods

Set 14: Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates

Set 15: Vertebrate Beginnings: the Chordates

Set 17: The Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians

Set 18: Amniote Origins and Nonavian Reptiles

Set 20: Mammals

Set 4 Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of Animals

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Set 4 Taxonomy And Phylogeny Of Animals

(True False)

Free

Relative to lizards,the clade consisting of horses and monkeys has two synapomorphies of hair and mammary glands.

Answer

(True False)

Free

Two different taxa are termed sister groups if they share common ancestry with each other more recently than either one does with any other organisms.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

A taxon is paraphyletic if it

A)includes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group and all of its descendants.
B)includes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group and some but not all of its descendants.
C)excludes the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group.
D)none of the above

Answer