Phylogeny And The Tree Of Life - Campbell Biology | Biology+

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General Biology

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Set 1: Introduction: Evolution and Themes of Biology

Set 2: The Chemical Context of Life

Set 3: Water and Life

Set 4: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

Set 5: The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules

Set 6: A Tour of the Cell

Set 7: Membrane Structure and Function

Set 8: An Introduction to Metabolism

Set 9: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

Set 10: Photosynthesis

Set 11: Cell Communication

Set 12: The Cell Cycle

Set 13: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

Set 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea

Set 15: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

Set 16: The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Set 17: From Gene to Protein

Set 18: Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 19: Viruses

Set 20: DNA Tools and Biotechnology

Set 21: Genomes and Their Evolution

Set 22: Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

Set 23: The Evolution of Populations

Set 24: The Origin of Species

Set 25: The History of Life on Earth

Set 26: Phylogeny and the Tree of Life

Set 27: Bacteria and Archaea

Set 28: Protists

Set 29: Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land

Set 30: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants

Set 32: An Overview of Animal Diversity

Set 33: An Introduction to Invertebrates

Set 34: The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates

Set 35: Plant Structure,Growth,and Development

Set 36: Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants

Set 37: Soil and Plant Nutrition

Set 38: Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology

Set 39: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

Set 40: Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function

Set 41: Animal Nutrition

Set 42: Circulation and Gas Exchange

Set 43: The Immune System

Set 44: Osmoregulation and Excretion

Set 45: Hormones and the Endocrine System

Set 46: Animal Reproduction

Set 47: Animal Development

Set 48: Neurons,Synapses,and Signalling

Set 49: Nervous Systems

Set 50: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Set 51: Animal Behaviour

Set 52: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

Set 53: Population Ecology

Set 54: Community Ecology

Set 55: Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology

Set 56: Conservation Biology and Global Change

Set 26 Phylogeny And The Tree Of Life

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Set 26 Phylogeny And The Tree Of Life

(Multiple Choice)

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-The best classification system is that which most closely A)unites organisms that possess similar morphologies. B)conforms to traditional, Linnaean taxonomic practices. C)reflects evolutionary history. D)reflects the basic separation of prokaryotes from eukaryotes.

-The best classification system is that which most closely

A)unites organisms that possess similar morphologies.
B)conforms to traditional, Linnaean taxonomic practices.
C)reflects evolutionary history.
D)reflects the basic separation of prokaryotes from eukaryotes.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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Linnaeus was a "fixist" who believed that species remained fixed in the form in which they had been created.Linnaeus would have been uncomfortable with

A)classifying organisms using the morphospecies concept.
B)the scientific discipline known as taxonomy.
C)phylogenies.
D)nested, ever-more inclusive categories of organisms.
E)a hierarchical classification scheme.

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(Multiple Choice)

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If,someday,an archaean cell is discovered whose rRNA sequence is more similar to that of humans than the sequence of mouse rRNA is to that of humans,the best explanation for this apparent discrepancy would be

A)homology.
B)homoplasy.
C)common ancestry.
D)retro-evolution by humans.
E)coevolution of humans and that archaean.

Answer