What is one advantage to using cladistics rather than phylogenetic systematics?

What will be an ideal response?


Cladistics does a very good job at portraying the order in which a series of evolutionary events occurred. This approach can be used even when little information is available. Also, cladistics is very objective.

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A. can fly B. lack teeth C. have feathers D. are bipedal E. All of the choices provided are correct

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The ras proto-oncogene family is a group of related genes that slow or stop the progression of cancer

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Highly acidic gastric secretions are kept from leaking out of the stomach by

a. desmosomes. b. tight junctions. c. adhering junctions. d. gap junctions. e. intercalated discs.

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Individuals of a(n) __________ share a gene pool.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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