In cladistics, a(n) Blank______ is a taxon that is closely related to, but not a member of, the group whose evolutionary relationships are being studied.Multiple choice question.outgroupphylogenycharacteringroup

A requirement of cladistics is that a grouping must include ________.species that can interbreedonly living speciesa common ancestor and all its descendantsspecies with shared traits

In a cladogram, what word describes an ancestral species and all of its descendants?Multiple choice question.OutgroupTaxonSynapomorphyClade

The process of categorizing species and determining where they belong in the taxonomic hierarchy is known as Blank______.Multiple choice question.systematicsclassificationphylogenyparsimony

Taxonomy is the science of Blank______.Multiple choice question.understanding evolutionary relationshipssequencing DNAclassifying living thingslinking genes and phenotype

What is a taxon?ans.A group of related familiesA group of any rankingA group of related speciesA type of living organisms Previous Marked for Review Next