Estimating Evolutionary Trees - Evolutionary Analysis | Biology+

Course

Evolution

Study Pack

Set 1: A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV

Set 2: The Pattern of Evolution

Set 3: Evolution by Natural Selection

Set 4: Estimating Evolutionary Trees

Set 5: Variation Among Individuals

Set 6: Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation

Set 7: Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Drift, & Nonrandom Mating

Set 8: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex

Set 9: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics

Set 10: Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function

Set 11: Sexual Selection

Set 13: Aging and Other Life-History Characters

Set 14: Evolution and Human Health

Set 15: Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation

Set 16: Mechanisms of Speciation

Set 17: The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution

Set 18: Evolution and the Fossil Record

Set 19: Development and Evolution

Set 20: Human Evolution

Set 4 Estimating Evolutionary Trees

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Set 4 Estimating Evolutionary Trees

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following phylogeny inference tools is the best at reconstructing the most accurate phylogenetic trees?

A) parsimony
B) maximum likelihood
C) Bayesian inference
D) All of these methods have pros and cons.

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(Multiple Choice)

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A novel,derived character is also referred to as a(n)________.

A) apomorphy
B) plesiomorphy
C) synapomorphy
D) clade

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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The illustration in the accompanying figure represents an early phylogenetic tree as depicted by ________.

The illustration in the accompanying figure represents an early phylogenetic tree as depicted by ________. A) Dembski B) Wallace C) Lamark D) Darwin

A) Dembski
B) Wallace
C) Lamark
D) Darwin

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